Twenty points programme indira gandhi biography

THE GARIBI HATAO PROGRAMME

• In the late sixties, it was increasingly being realised that the economic policies and power structures had only brought about limited growth. But there had hardly been equitable distribution of its benefit.
• Indira was aware of these ground realities and was by no means separated from the broader leftist ideological paradigm vis-a-vis development.

  As the Prime Minister, she was concerned about the steep prices affecting the economy and was also aware that the poor were the worst hit by the situation.

  Twenty points programme indira gandhi biography book

  The radical Naxalite movement was gaining ground in different parts of the country. She was aware of the implications of the massive land grab movements inspired by leftist ideology.

• When the Congress split in 1969, Indira became the leader of one faction of the party and she proved that she was no less radical than the leftists in waging struggle against poverty.

  In the preparations of the Fourth Five Year Plan, she constantly expressed her special conce