Poverty and Social Change: a Study in the Economic Reorganisation of Indian Rural Society

Singh, Tarlok

[London ; Bombay ; New York] : Longmans, Green & Co., ltd., [1945]

Inscribed by Tarlok Singh on front end page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Note glued to copyright page resulting in some page ruffling. *Autographed by author.* 

Not many would know that the TS Central State Library, Sector 17, Chandigarh, is named after a distinguished civil servant of Punjab: Tarlok Singh, ICS officer, who, as the Director-General Rehabilitation (September 1947-December 1949) — played a stellar role in re-settling about half a million families from Pakistan. Later, he was chosen by Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, to be his first private secretary. He guided the affairs in the Planning Commission for 17 years, rising to become its member. He was a great economist, too, and of international fame. He was the only civil servant to have been decorated with all three Padma awards.