title: Indian policies on urbanisation and urban development.
abstract: "This article begins by examining the rationale of [India's] national urbanisation policy goals, before moving on to analyse some of the specific urban development schemes.... This is followed by a discussion of the modifications which need to be made to India's urbanisation goals...." The policy's three main objectives are to achieve "a) rural-urban mix in regional development; b) distribution of urban size-classes; and c) rural-urban distribution of public services."
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D011640:Public Policy; D017150:Public Sector; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; India; Macroeconomic Factors; Policy; Population; Public Sector; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization