EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Micro Planning is a community based empowering process for preparing a road map for development and management of forest and livelihood enhancement of the forest dependent communities with properly defined roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, clearly set targets and well discussed deadlines.

Detailed explanation-2: -Micro-planning approach provides opportunity to the backward areas for development through different integrated area development programmes. It also offers a framework for decentralising economic and social activities by locating specific functions at appropriate places.

Detailed explanation-3: -Micro-level planning is considered as a method to bring about integrated area development in the countryside. It is, however, not limited to any particular settlement. Micro-planning takes a whole hierarchy of central places and its hinterlands as its focus.

Detailed explanation-4: -The aim in ‘micro-planning’ is on planning from the lowest level i.e., from the functional community upward to a clearly defined region to fulfill the needs of the local areas and ensure the process of integration of the different areas with an objective to attain balanced regional development.