There are a lot of investment choices and one must select the most appropriate one. The person dealing with the planning needs to know all the various investment choices and how these can be chosen for the purpose of attaining the overall objectives. The details of making the investment along with the various ways in which the investment has to be maintained and managed. The developing countries like India face the enormous task of finding sufficient capital in their development efforts. Most of these countries find it difficult to get out of the vicious circle of poverty of the low income group, low savings, low investment, low employment etc. With high capital output ratio, India needs very high rates of investments to make a leap forward in her efforts of attaining high levels of growth. Since the beginning of planning, the emphasis has been on investment as the primary instruments of economic growth and increase in national income. In order to have production as per target, investment is considered the crucial determinant and capital formation is to be supported by appropriate volume of saving.