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Planning regions - fdaforum - 10-28-2014

It must be a viable economic entity i.e. major criteria of production and employment (region must assure nearly full employment and production of agricultural and non agricultural commodities).

Two physically separate tracts but inter related economies for eg. Plain areas of Kerala with mountainous plantation areas mutually compliment and supplement.

Thus the three regions may be
1) Nodal region, consisting of large town
2) Primarily rural area with large no. of nodes (small towns)
3) Micro regions essentially problem areas such as famine prone area ,mining belt, ravines area.

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