The Dichotomy of Rural and Urban Planning in India

Abstract

The purpose of the study area is to explain the factors that are responsible for the gap between rural and urban development in India. The existing policies and programmes have also been discussed in the paper. The paper tries to clear the confusion among politicians, administrators, scientists, planners, academicians regarding the development of rural and urban areas as to whether development should be focussed on rural India or urban India. Finally the paper attempts to explain the strategies that are beneficial for the development of rural and urban India simultaneously