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distuibuted cinevenl
resources. There ate some reglons which can Figd
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be considered self suffcient in terms of the resources are being developed in your
availabllity of resources and there are sotne surroundings by the community/village
regions which have acute shortage of some vital pánchayats/word level communities with the
resources. For example, the states of help of community participation?
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya
Pradesh are rnch in mineralsand coal deposits, technology and institutions may hinder
"Arunachal Pradesh has abundance of water development /here are many regons tn our
resources but lacks in infrastructural country that are rich in resources but these
development. The state of Rajasthan ts very wel are included in economically backward [Link]'
endowed with solar and wind energy but lacks reglons, Orn the contrary there are somereglons
in water resources, The cold desert of Ladakh which have a poor resource base but they are
is relatively isolated from the rest of the economically developed.)
country, It has very rlch cultural heritage butcan you name some resource rleh
it is defcient in water, infrastructure and some economlcally backward regions and some
nngsgarh
vital minerals. This calls for balanced resource resource poor but economically developed
planning at the national, state, regional and regions? Give reasons for such a sttuatlon.
local levels. Quba
(The history of colonisatton reveals that Sapon )
rich resources 1n colontes were the matn
Activity attractions for the foreign invaders. It was
1 Prepare a list of resources found in your state primarily the higher level of technological
and also identify the resources that are development of the colonistng countries that
8Steps helped, them to exploit resources of other
ReSounle important but deficit in your state.
regions and establish their supremacy over
lannins the colonies (Therefore. resources can
Resource Planning in IndiaL contribute to developrment only when they are
. Resource planning is a complex process accompanied by appropriate technologcal
which involves :(1) identification and development and institutional changes, ndia
inventory of resources across the regions of has experienced all this in different phases of
the country. This involves surveying. colonisation. Therefore, in India, development.
mapping and qualitative and quantitative ln general, and resource development in
estimation and measurement of the particular does not only involve the
resources. (i) Evolvinga planning structure availability of resources, but also the
endowedwith appropriate technology. skil1 (echnoloy, quality of human resources and
and institutional set up for implementing the historicalexperiences of the people.
resource development plans.(iiiy Matching Conservation of Resources:Resources are
the resource development plans with overall vital for any developmental activity. But
national development plans. irrational consumption and over-utilisation
Indta has made concerted efforts for of resourcesmay lead to socio-economicand
achieving the goals of resource planning rght environmental [Link] overcome these
from the First Flve Year Plan launched after problems, resource conservation at various
Independence. levels is importanthis had been the main
LThe availability of resources is anecessary concern of the leaders and thinkers in the
condition for the development of any reglon, past Forexample, Gandhiji was very apt in
but mere availability of resources. in the oicing his concern about resource
absence of corresponding changes in conservation in these words:"There is enough
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ind institutions
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equally impontant" fegi Colonial Peuiad