Subject(s): Developing countries -- Economic Development Theories -- Economic policy. -- Planning in India -- Basic problems : Economic development, characteristics of underdeveloped country, obstacles to economic development, basic requirements for economic development, economic and non-economic factors in development -- Some theories of economic development : Adam Smiths theory of development, Ricardian theory, classical theory, Marxian theory of economic development, Schumpeterian theory, Keynesian theory, Rostow's stages of economic growth, Lewis theory of unlimited supplies of labour, Leibentein's critical minimum effort thesis, Nelson's low level equilibrium trap, big push theory, doctrine of balanced growth, concept of unbalanced growth, dualistic theories, Myrdal's theory of backwash effects -- Some growth models : Harrod-domar models, kaldor model of distribution, Joan Robinson's model of capital accumulation, meade's neo-classical model of economic growth, Solow model of long-run growth, Kaldor's model of growth, models of technical change, Fel'dman model, mahalanobis model, growth models in Indian planning -- Domestic measures for economic development : Capital formation and economic development, disguised unemployment as saving potential, role of agriculture in economic development, monetary policy in an underdeveloped country, fiscal policy in underdeveloped country, deficit financing as an instrument of economics development, price policy in a developing economy, human capital formation, population growth and economic development, role of public enterprises in economic development, state and economic development -- International measures for economic development : Role of foreign trade in economic development, commercial policy and economic development, foreign capital in economic development, private foreign investment, public foreign investment -- Some problems of development planning : Development planning, input output analysis, linear programming, accounting prices, project evaluation, physical controls under development planning, concept of capital output ration, choice of techniques, investment criteria in economic development, entrepreneurship in economic development, economic planning and price mechanism -- Planning in India : Objectives and achievements of Indian planning, strategy of Indian planning, resources mobilization in Indian planning, agricultural development under the plans, industrial development under the plans, balanced regional development, poverty in India, economic inequalities in India