Immediately after independence, the most urgent and biggest challenge was food security for 35 crores of people. It was a sad paradox that India, predominantly an agricultural country, faced the problem of foodgrains shortage. The country was forced to import a large amount of foodgrains, particularly from the U.S.A. under the P.L. 480 Agreement. A controlled system of foodgrains distribution had to be resorted to throughout the country. Dependence on imports for foodgrains was a matter of great national concern.  read more »

Now that the All India Congress Committee is meeting in its Plenary Session at Bangalore, it would only be fair to track down the march of over 30 percent of the depressed, deprived and the downtrodden, commonly known as the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, towards a life with dignity and social, economic and political justice.  read more »

It has been predicted that the first decade of the 21st Century will witness the emergence of an oriental country as a super power.

Every patriotic heart in this country desires that India be the country to attain that distinction. And it is the youth of India that have to be the torch bearers to lead the nation towards the fulfillment of this desire, for it is the young who have the inherent attributes - sincerity, motivation, commitment, integrity, energy and drive - that are so essential for building a strong and prosperous nation.  read more »

The World Development Report of 1995 points out 49 LLDCs (Least of Less Developed Countries) accounting for one-fifth of the world population are deprived of this benefit. Their aggregate GNPs have been reduced to half and their external borrowings have increased three times in the decode starting from 1985.  read more »

As per the announcement in the Industrial Policy Statement and also in the Budget Speech of July, 1991, in order to raise resources, encourage wide participation and promote greater accountability, the Government equity in selected public enterprises was offered to mutual funds, financial investment institutions, workers and the general public.

It would appear from the above Policy Statement that Congress has never discarded the effective role of the public sector in the economy.  read more »

In order to improve the portfolio and performance of public enterprises in a liberalized economy, the Government of India announced on July 24, 1991 the Statement on Public Sector Policy as a part of the Statement of Industrial Policy of the Government which pravides the following:  read more »

In 1951, at the Bangalore AICC Session a resolution outlining the concept of welfare state was adopted. This concept was reflected in the First National Five Year Plan launched in 1951.

In 1956 81st Congress Plenary, 2001 this concept of welfare state was expanded into "socialistic pattern of society" at the Avadi Congress. In 1956, before launching the second Five Year Plan, a major change was introduced in the industrial policy resolution of 1948 was introduced.  read more »

Today India has energed as one of the economically fast growing nations. In contrast to the economic stagnation and decline in per capita incomes suffered by the country during the first half of the 20th century, the second half of the century has witnessed the GDP growth rate increasinq from an annual average of one percent or less up to the 50s to a sustained annual rate of growth of 3 to 4 percent from 1951 to 1979 and 6 to 7 percent in the eighties and nineties.  read more »

Economic development and formulation of economic policies by the Indian National Congress began long before independence. In the pre- independence era the ideology of Swaraj given by Mahatma Gandhi contained the basic ingredient of economic policies of the Congress. In his Vision of India, Gandhiji stated "I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country; in whose making they have an effective voice; an India in which there shall be no high class and poor class of people; an India in which all communities shall leave in perfect harmony ...  read more »

Youth Yuva discussiong some hot topic - Unesco National Youth Policy Video -  read more »