Chapter 9 PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN CONTEXT

1.

Take a look at the Indira Gandhi Canal (Nahar) Command

Area statement below.

1.It is one among India’s largest canal networks.

2.The canal begins at Punjab’s Harike barrage.

3.It has had both beneficial and negative effects on

the region’s environmental circumstances.

4.It stretches 40 kilometres parallel to the Pakistan

border in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert (Marusthali).

Choose the correct answer

2. Which one of the following is the most crucial factor for

sustainable development in Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area?

3.

Take a look at the Hill Area Development Programmes statement below.

1.Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during Fifth Year Plan.

2.These programmes aimed at harnessing the indigenous resources of the

hill areas through development of horticulture, plantation agriculture and so on .

3.It covered the hill area of entire india.

Choose the correct answer

4. Regional planning relates to: