Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Politics of Planned Development

Question:

What were some of the points of disagreement regarding the role of the government in ensuring growth with justice?

Options:

Whether the government should have a centralised planning institution

Whether the government should run key industries and businesses

The importance attached to the need of justice compared to economic growth

All of the above

Correct Answer:

All of the above

Explanation:

After Independence, our country had to make a series of major decisions concerning development and the conflicts arising due to it. Each of these decisions could not be made independent of other such decisions. All these decisions were bound together by a shared vision or model of economic development.
Almost everyone agreed that the development of India should mean both economic growth and social and economic justice.
It was also agreed that this matter cannot be left to businessmen, industrialists, and farmers themselves.
It was decided that the government should play a key role in this.

There was disagreement, however, on the kind of role that the government must play in ensuring growth with justice. Certain key questions were important to be answered as they had political implications, for example:
Was it necessary to have a centralized institution to plan for the entire country?
Should the government itself run some key industries and businesses?
How much importance was to be attached to the needs of justice if it differed from the requirements of economic growth?