Preface by Kamla Nath v Acknowledgements ix List of Tables xv Introduction by Rakesh Hooja xix Section I Development Planning and Administration : Theory and Practice in Developing Countries 1Planning and Administration in Developing Countries 3 2.Organization of Planning-Administrative Structures and Processes 16 3. Administrative Plan Formulation and Implementation 66 4.Organization of Planning in Selected Countries 88 Section II Administration and Development Planning in India : Areas of Concern 1947-2000 131 6. Area Development; Planning at District and Block Levels 153 7. The Functions and Duties of the Collector-the Collector as a Leader 174 8.District Administration in Rajasthan in the 1960s : Reminiscences of a Former Collector 192 9. Training of Officers of the Indian Administrative Services 207 10. Panchayati Raj-The Promise and the Prospects 231 11. Decentralized District Planning under Economic Liberalization 238 12. The Role of Technical Departments under Panchayati Raj 251 13. Regions for Planning 267 14. Changes in Political Culture between the 1950s and the 1990s 284 Section III Land Utilization and Settlement Patterns in India 15. Land Utilization in India (1953) 315 16. Settlement Pattern of India 1950-2000 and Projections 2021 343 Section IV Population, Natural Resource Management and Development in India 17. Population, Natural Resources and Economic Development in India (1967) with a Postscript of July 2002 399 18. Growth of Population and Labour Force : Some Problems and Strategies for the Future (1993) 442 19. Agricultural Growth Under High Population Pressure:The Case of India 460 20. 1991 Population Census: Some Facts and Policy Issues 474 21. The Decennial Census of Population 2001: A Research Note and First Results of Census 2001 - A Regional Analysis 523 Section V Development Planning and Administration: Theory and Prac-tice in Developing Countries 22. Looking Back on Fifty Years of Development and Planning in India : The Experience 1950-2000 and Prospects 2020549 Index594