Synopsis Social Development and planning is an organized way of investigating and responding to the needs and aspirations of people and society.  governments of India have established a social welfare system.  Programmes for children, women include welfare grants, women's adult education, and working women's hostels.  Programmes of supplementary nutrition for expectant mothers and for children under seven years of age, immunization and health programmes, vacation camps for low-income families, and training for adolescents.  This book consists of the following chapters: Social Developments & Planning in India: An Introduction: Development of Social Services; NGOs, Social Development and Sustainability; Development of Children; Regional Planning; Integrated Area Development Planning; Role of Panchayati Raj System; Women and Social Planning; and Social Development; Strategy, Trends and Objectives.  An exhaustive bibliography is the added feature of the work.