Articles by Bhabatosh Datta

Regional and National Planning Bhabatosh Datta Regional Planning and National Development edited by R P Misra, D V Urs and V K Natraj; Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1978;

mand, the wants are limited only by the operative constraints on the power of some to divert towards them the outputs of others, either through political or social command, or through the possession of purchasing power.

January 21, 1978 and May 1923, 3-5 A; on the post-
and May 1923, 3-5 A; on the post- 1947 experience, the sources are interviews with an ex-Minister of Health 4nd an ex-Director-General of Health Services, and the Minutes of the Centra] Council of Health.

Planning for Rural Banks Bhabatosh Datta Everything possible should be done to extend banking into the rural areas and there should not be any rigidity in the approach. There are areas in which the best line of action will be to use the cooperative primaries

Classics on Indian Banking Bhabatosh Datta THERE are different ways of celebrating a centenary, some more glamorous than others. The State Bank of India has done an excellent service to the students of Indian banking by reprinting three rare books on the subject, on the occasion of the centenary of the Presidency Banks Act of 1876. The Act of 1876 brought all the three Presidency Banks under a common legal framework and it remained the basic law for these three banks until they were amalgamated as the Imperial Hank of India in 1921. A full history of the Imperial Hank of India, starting with the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta in 1806, which became the Bank of Bengal in 1809, is .still awaited, but meanwhile everyone interested in the subject will be able to collect extremely interesting information from the books that have now been made available in the form of xerox reproductions.