ABSTRACT
When I first saw a summary of the plan devised by Sir Purshotamdas and others I felt the dawn of a new hope. Here for the first time in my experience were a group of men who saw that the rapid raising of the standard of life of the people of India was possible, that, in order to accomplish it, it was necessary to make a very large investment of capital, and that the scheme to accomplish it was worthy of being placed on the first priority list of matters to be dealt with by the national government of India when this is formed. These conceptions themselves form a great advance.
