{"id":86679,"date":"2026-02-09T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=86679"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:21:18","slug":"karve-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/karve-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Karve Committee, About, Aim, Recommendations, Key Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Karve Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was set up by the Planning Commission in <\/span><b>1955<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to study the <\/span><b>development of village and small-scale industries in India.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It aimed to promote rural employment, use local resources and support balanced economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Karve Committee<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Karve Committee, also known as the Village and Small Scale Industries Committee, was set up by the<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/planning-commission-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Planning Commission<\/a> in 1955 under the chairmanship of Prof. D.G. Karve.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its main aim was to promote the growth of village and small-scale industries so that industrial development could also support rural areas and employment generation, especially during the period of the <\/span><b>Second Five Year Plan (1956\u201361).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Karve Committee Recommendations<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Karve Committee strongly recommended the promotion of village and small-scale industries<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gave priority to<\/span><b> village and small-scale industries for rural development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended <\/span><b>labour-intensive industries to create more employment in villages.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggested use of <\/span><b>local raw materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and traditional skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported <\/span><b>reservation of certain products for small-scale industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protect them from big industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended<\/span><b> government support like low-interest loans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and tax concessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aimed to<\/span><b> reduce migration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from rural areas to cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoted <\/span><b>balanced and decentralized<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> industrial growth in India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karve Committee (1955) studied village and small-scale industries in India, recommending labour-intensive growth, local resources, and government support for rural employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":85978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[5267,5268,5230],"class_list":{"0":"post-86679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-indian-economy","9":"tag-indian-economy-notes","10":"tag-karve-committee","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86679"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86939,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86679\/revisions\/86939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}