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EMRC St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata is part of a large family of EMRCs spread across India. This family has in fact 18 members, including the head office at New Delhi. The other members are at Srinagar, Roorkee, Patiala, Jodhpur, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Indore, Sagar, Imphal, Pune, Mysore, Chennai, Madurai, Calicut and two at Hyderabad.

All the centres come under the purview of the university of that particular place. In Hyderabad one is with the Central Institute for English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) and the other is with Osmania University. It is only the Kolkata EMRC that comes under the purview of St. Xavier’s college.

All funding – both for running expenses and equipment – comes from the University Grants Commission. The coordination of production, telecast and other programme related affairs is done by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi. The administration is done by the host university/college.



Meaning Of Under Development

Duration : 18:50     Year : 1987     Code No.209

This is one of the earliest programmes of EMRC. It explains what underdevelopment has got to do with both economics as well as non-economic factors such as the socio-political, historical and cultural frame works that exist in an underdeveloped nation.

Rationale Of Planning

Duration : 16:19     Year : 1987     Code No.210

Planning be it in personal life or of the country, is essential. Unplanned progress is dangerous in the long run. This programme explains why any economy needs planning.

Four Decades Of Planning - 1: Who's Responsibile?

Duration : 26:31     Year : 1988     Code No.635

Planning and its implementation should go hand in hand in order to be effective. It is not enough just to plan the economy but its feasibility has to be studied and the means should be provided for it implementation. What happens in India situation?

Four Decades Of Planning -2: The Crisis

Duration : 28:30     Year : 1988     Code No.645

Part 2 of this series makes a critical appraisal of Indian Planning. Prof. Suman Mukherjee gives a global view of the problems and the crisis in Indian Planning.

Four Decades Of Indian Planning - 3: Changes In Strategy

Duration : 20:00     Year : 1989     Code No.274

Planning in India is both a difficult and complex exercise. At the time of making this programme India already had four decades of Planning. Over the years, we see some clear changes in approach and strategy. Some major changes in strategy have been examined in this programme.

 

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