The Nehru Development Model: History and Lasting Impact

At Independence Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru India’s first prime minister embarked upon a political and an economic project. His political project―to put India on the democratic path―was a resounding success.. This success though was marred by an equally resounding failure of Nehru’s economic project built on the development of heavy industry an expanding public sector and relative isolation from world markets. It failed to produce the growth necessary to rid India of poverty and bequeathed a...See More