Planning Lessons from Karnataka

Planning: Lessons from Karnataka Vinod Vyasulu Sukhpal Singh The Karnataka Perspective Plan brought out under the Ramakrishna Hegde government presents a decentralised, equity-concerned, employment-oriented process, which it may be possible to initiate even if the coffers are empty, if democratic institutions are made to function. If the Planning Commission can extend this at the national level, it will indeed offer an alternative; but the challenge is a big one.