Articles by M L Dantwala

Gandhiji and Ruskin's Unto This Last M L Dantwala The author here examines the influence of Ruskin's book Unto This Last on Gandhiji's views on the economic system he advocated, his theory of' Trusteeship, economic equality, relationship between the employers and the employees and the use of modern technology. While the author shares some of Ruskin's and Gandhiji's concern, he differs from both on the issue of use of technology for economic development, while commending the search for alternatives which could avoid its harmful effects. He shares Alvin Toffler's futuristic view about the possibility of a synthesis between the low stream traditional and high stream modern technologies.

Problems in Critique of IRDP M L Dantwala FIELD investigations provide insights and critical information pertaining to the impact of developmental and welfare programmes. The macro data catch the broad contours but are not able to provide finer insights into the functioning of the programmes at the grassroots. Jean Dreze (EPW, September 29) has conducted an intensive survey of the functioning of the IRDP in Palanpur, a village in Moradabad district of western Uttar Pradesh. The findings of this survey have been supplemented by the findings of brief surveys of IRDP in some villages of Gujarat and West Bengal. As expected, the author's finding regarding the function of IRDP

Search for an Employment-Oriented Growth Strategy A Discussion A notable feature of the debate on the Eighth Five-Year Plan has been the concern over the deceleration in the growth of employment in recent years and the quest for an employment-oriented growth strategy. The articles that follow make up a discussion of this theme. All the articles, with the exception of the one by J C Sandesara which critically reviews a draft of the Planning Commission's Approach Paper' on Eighth Plan, are responses to the Economic Advisory Council's Interim Report titled Towards Evolving an Employment-Oriented Strategy for Development in the 1990s'.

IRDP and Village Structure V M RAO's article on the 'Impact of IRDP on Village Structure

'Garibi Hatao': Strategy Options M L Dantwala KNOWLEDGE of the dismal performance of practically all 'special' employment and income augmenting schemes for the weaker sections of the rural population is fairly common, Even so, Nilakan- tha Rath deserves our compliments for meticulously assembling the more recent evidence and forcefully highlighting the infirmities of these programmes [Rath. 1985]. Personally for me the exercise is particularly gratifying as, on several occasions, I have voiced concern about the manner in which these programmes are formulated and implemented.