Ind Development Under Khrushchev 1953-64: Decentralisation And Planning

Question 1

What were the changes like of the 6th FYP

Answer 1

-changes introduced were implemented with a new energy + drive helping to break some past constraints

Question 2

What was wrong with the 6th FYP

Answer 2

-targets over optimistic +plan abandoned after 2 yrs
-abandoned due to too much energy + drive leading to fails with targets set too high

Question 3

What were the 2 steps towards decentralisation

Answer 3

-2 steps in 1957 incl. sixty Moscow ministries abolished giving power to localities
-and USSR divided into 105 economic regions each with own local econ council (sovnarkhoz) to plan + supervise econ affairs

Question 4

What was the anterior motive of this 2 step reform

Answer 4

-removed malenokvs men + extended Khrushchev’s patronage network in localities

Question 5

What did Khrushchev hope to cut

Answer 5

-hoped to cut unnecessary bureaucracy + win credit for ‘communism’ + ‘socialist way’

Question 6

How did he hope to do this

Answer 6

-by moving management of Ind into hands of local republics + district party officials

Question 7

What did there still need to be despite decentralisation measures

Answer 7

-still needed he a degree of ‘central planning’ in Moscow
-state committees + new supreme econ council set up to supervise a new 7YP 1959