find out the list some of the ministries, organisations and commities in India that contribute to the green economy of our country .what role do they play??class 9 IT
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On 15 August 1947, India woke to a
new dawn of freedom.Finally we were
masters of our own destiny after
some two hundred years of British
rule; the job of nation building was
now in our own hands. The leaders
of independent India had to decide,
among other things, the type of
economic system most suitable for
our nation, a system which would
promote the welfare of all rather than
a few. There are different types of
economic systems (see Box 2.1) and
among them, socialism appealed to
Jawaharlal Nehru the most. However,
he was not in favour of the kind of
socialism established in the former
Soviet Union where all the means of
production, i.e. all the factories and
farms in the country, were owned by
the government. There was no private
property. It is not possible in a
democracy like India for the
government to change the ownership
pattern of land and other properties
of its citizens in the way that it was
done in the former Soviet Union.
Nehru, and many other leaders and
thinkers of the newly independent
India, sought an alternative to the
extreme versions of capitalism and
socialism. Basically sympathising with
the socialist outlook, they found the
answer in an economic system which,
in their view, combined the best
features of socialism without its
drawbacks. In this view, India would
be a socialist society with a strong
public sector but also with private
property and democracy; the government
would plan (see Box 2.2) for the
The central objective of Planning in India... is to initiate a process of
development which will raise the living standards and open out to the people
new opportunities for a richer and more varied life.
First Five Year Plan
Work These Out
Ø Prepare a chart on the
different types of economic
systems prevalent in the
world. List out the countries
as capitalist, socialist and
mixed economy.
Ø Plan a class trip to an
agriculture farm. Divide the
class into seven groups with
each group to plan a specific
goal, for example, the
purpose of the visit, money
expenditure involved, time
taken, resources, people
accompanying the group
and who need to be
contacted, possible places
of visit, possible questions
to be asked etc. Now, with
the help of your teacher,
compile these specific goals
and compare with long-term
goals of successful visit to
an agricultural farm.