Principle of participatory planning

• Development should be seen more as a change from the bottom up than from top down
• The development process should be managed as natural organic process
• Development programs should aim to strengthen local organization and not state.
• Central government should start with some few schemes to solve some immediate local problems to build local confidence and expertise
• The development process is supported by local institutions with villagers, cooperatives, community-based users, groups
• It follows from the above that the development process must be based on primarily on confidence and learning rather than on experts and training.
• This also implies that technical staff of departments should work in tandem with local institution rather sit on judgments on the plan.