Public Co-operation

Successful planning and public co-operation are complementary. The people co-operate with a plan when they realize that the plan is in their own interest. Public co-operation , makes planning easy and certain. The symptoms of public cooperation are more labor readiness and productivity, availability of more labor power, increase in investment and will to work. If the people do not accept a plan willingly, the success of such plan becomes doubtful. For gaining public cooperation and public opinion, the planners should use the method of interviews and surveys and planning decisions should be on the basis if majority will. The people cooperate in planning when they realize that the benefits of plan would equality be distributed amongst them. There are various economic and social bottlenecks which make the implementation of the plan difficult but if the people, accepting the plan, cooperate then these bottlenecks are automatically eliminated. It should be remembered at this stage that the people would not cooperate just on the glamorous commitments. For achieving real cooperation, the planners should take measures which are visible to the people,
As Lewis says :
"Public cooperation, in the planning machinery, works not only as a lubricant but also petrol".