Public Administration and Plan Implementation
Abstract
Planning and implementation are not two watertight compartments. There are continuous links between planning at various stages and levels and their implementation. Sometimes it is said that our planning is good but the implementation is bad. Such a dichotomy between planning and implementation is indeed misconceived. Planning which does not take care of implementation is bad planning. There is some such thing as planning plan-implementation. Good implementation is the sine qua non for the success of planning. On the other hand, if plans are not properly conceived, their implementation is fraught with constraints and difficulties. Thus, for example, a plan which aims at ambitious industrialization but does not provide for the necessary input of energy, is doomed to failure. The blame cannot be laid at the door of poor implementation.
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Plan Implementation Planning Commission Block Level Performance Budget Field OfficialPreview
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