Synopsis This compendium of fifteen essays addresses a wide range of issues pertaining to regional planning and development in India. Making a regional analysis of the levels of economic development and rates of economic growth in the country, it takes stock of the regional disparities in economic and social development as well as the growth of agriculture.   Also, the book extends discussion on the regional differences in progress of regional development programmes, the geography of production of perishable foods, trends in industrial location, regional development policies and decentralized and district planning under economic liberalization in the country.