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The Gadgil formula is named after Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, a social scientist and the first critic of Indian planning. It was evolved in 1969 for determining the allocation of central assistance for state plans in India. Gadgil formula was adopted for distribution of plan assistance during Fourth and Fifth Five Year Plans. ==Gadgil Formula== The Gadgil formula was formulated with the formulation of the fourth five-year plan for the distribution of plan transfers amongst the states. It was named after D. R. Gadgil, then deputy chairman of the Planning Commission. The central assistance provided for in the first three plans and annual plans of 1966–1969 lacked objectivity in its formulation and did not lead to equal and balanced growth in the states. The National Development Council (NDC) approved the following formula: 1. Special Category states like Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland were given preference. Their needs should first be met out of the total pool of Central assistance. 2. The remaining balance of the Central assistance should be distributed among the remaining states on the basis of the following criteria: * 60 per cent on the basis of population; * 10 per cent on the basis of tax effort, determined on the basis of individual State's per capita tax receipts as percentage of the State's per capita income; * 10 per cent on the basis of per capita state income, assistance going only to States whose per capita incomes are below the national average; * 10 per cent on the basis of spill-over into the fourth plan of major continuing irrigation and power projects; * 10 per cent for special problems of individual states. Reasoning behind the given weights: i. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gadgil formula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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