Subject(s): Regional planning -- Resourse Development -- Rural India- Development, integrated rural development -- Theories in regional planning and their application to integrated rural planning : Central place theory, theory of growth poles,Hirschman's hypothesis of the geographical incidence and transmission of economic development, Myrdal's theory of geographical concentration through circular and cumulative causation, theory of geographical diffusion of innovations, agricultural location theory, theory of industrial location, theoretical approach to integrated rural planning, integrated area planning in India, physical targets and financial outlays-possibilities for plan implementation -- Characteristic of study area and general settlement plan, planning for resource development, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, industrial development- Agro, forest , fruit, livestock and demand based industries -- Planning for an optimum infrastructure development : Transportation, electricity, water supply -- Planning for social facilities : Education, health, housing, manpower planning, cartographic techniques