Module 8: An argument for modernization and development
  Lecture 23: Modernization and Development in Post-independence India: Nehruvian Model of Industrial Socialism
 

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE

  • What is Nehru’s model of industrial socialism?

  • Why should economic growth lead to removal of poverty?

  • What were the major ideological differences between Gandhi and Nehru on the nature, causes and consequences of development?

  • Do you think that communal, caste and regional issues facing Indian society are the product of lack of development only?

  • What vision of development does the First Five Year Plan of India reflect?

  • What is Hindu rate of growth?

  • What were the flaws in Nehruvian model of development?

  • Write an essay on the problems with the License and Permit Raj.

  • What kind of political solutions are possible to crisis created by risk society?

  • Distinguish between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.