District-Level Planning, Aspirational Districts/Blocks Programme, Bottom-Up Design

Mention core strategies for the transformation of aspirational districts in Aspirational India and explain the nature of convergence, collaboration and competition for its success.

‘In the context of neo-liberal paradigm of development planning, multi-level planning is expected to make operations cost blockages.’Discuss.

"In contemporary development models, decision-making and problem-solving responsibilities are not located close to the source of information and execution defeating the objectives of Decision-Making development." Critically evaluate.

recently secured the status of fourth largest economy of the world as per IMF projection. However, it has been observed that in some sectors, allocated funds remain either under-utilised or misutilised. What specific measures would you recommend for ensuring accountability in this regard to stop leakages and gaining the status of third largest economy of the world in near future?