28 SOCIAL SCIENTIST
towards land redistribution and greater social expenditures in the rural areas which are best undertaken under the aegis of directly elected Panchayat bodies, is essential not only for widening the home market immediately but also for bringing about a rapid increase in agricultural output (as has happened in West Bengal) which has great potential for direct and indirect employment generation. This would not only broaden the base of bourgeois development in the country but also generate sufficient enthusiasm among the people to make the other components of the reform package e.g., imposing a degree of discipline upon capitalists, feasible.