Planning and Economic Development
1. ‘Planning has superseded the federation and our country is functioning almost like a
unitary system in many respects.’ In the light of the statement, examine the recent trends in
Indian Federalism. (91/60)
2. Comment : Economic liberalisation in India. (93/20)
3. Comment : Political Dimensions of Development Administration. (97/20)
4. Comment : Impact of disinvestment and privatization on planning in India. (01/20)
5. Comment : New Economic Policy (1991). (02/20)
6. It is generally belived that fedramlism suffers in a system of centralized planning. Do you agree
with this point of view ? Would you advocate ‘decentralized governance’ for India in the context of
liberalization since 1991 ? (02/60)
7. Comment : Decentralized Planning (06/20)
8. Comment : Economic liberalisation and uneven development among Indian States. (10/20)
9. Do you thinkthat the post-1991 reforms in India mark a significant shift from the Nehruvian model
of economic development ? Justify your answer (10/20)
10. Critically examine Green Revolution as a strategy for sustainable agricultural development.
(12/30)
11. Comment in 150 words : Gandhian perspective of development and its contemporary relevance.
(13/10)
12. Compare the Nehruvian and Gandhian models of development. (15/15)
13. Critically examine the politics of economic growth in India. (16/20)
14. Land reforms have failed in the eradication of rural poverty. Comment. (16/20)
15. What do you understand by Green Revolution ? Do you think that a second green revolution is
needed to adequately address the sgrarian challenges in contemporary India ?Examine. (17/15)
16. Examine the various causes of agrarian crisis in India (18/20)
17. What has been the political fallout of the Green Revolution in India ? Explain. (19/15)
Social Movements
1. Comment in 150 words : Compare and contrast Chipko Movement with Narmada Bachao
Andolan. (13/10)
2. The dilemmas of the human rights movement in India. (14/10)
3. Examine the scope and limitations of women’s movements in India. (14/15)
4. Critically analyse the environmentalist movement in Tuticorin, Tamilnadu. (18/20)
5. Political decentralization has not been matched by administrative decentralization at the
grass roots level. Explain (19/10)
6. Write short note on the significance of Chipko movement. (19/10)
7. “The environmental movements have challenged the policy and pattern of economic
development in post-independent India.” Analyse with examples. (09/60)