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12-Development refers to the achievement of social and
economic progress by transforming conditions of
underdevelopment as low productivity, stagnation and
poverty.
13- In the broadest sense of the term, development conveys
the ideas of improvement, progress, well-being and an
aspiration for a better life
14- Development cannot be understood as only in economic
terms but it can place also in social and political terms.
15- Development bears the different approaches also like
psychological, human needs development, dependency,
Gandhian and market-friendly approaches, etc.
16- In India a series of Five Year Plans for development were
made starting from the 1950s, and these included a number
of mega projects such as the Bhakra Nangal Dam, setting up
steel plants in different parts of the country, mining, fertilizer
production and improving agricultural techniques.
