Synopsis Multilevel planning as an approach assigns the task of planning for the development and optimal utilization of resources to the local agencies or units of administration and thus creates intermediary levels between the centre, states and local units. The essays in this book focus upon multilevel planning as a technique, methodology and strategy for development administration and identify the process that went into evolution of multilevel planning as a cogent structure in the overall planning policy. The volume presents an exciting mix of studies based upon field experience, concepts and principles of decentralized multilevel planning. It examines the pitfalls, inadequacies and feasibility of this alternative development paradigm, underlining the dynamic role of institutional and participatory structures.