study of laws and methods of developing prognoses that are probabll tty Judgements of the future, on the basis of special scientific research. which has prospects for the development of a given phenomenon. Prognostication of future events per•lts to Improve the entire system 9f plans: long-term. medium-term and annual plans. This Is extremely Important for social 1st economy• whose development Is of planned character. One of the maJor laws of a functioning social 1st economy, which Is based on a planned­ organized system of production and socla~ property of means of ·production, and Is free of labour exploitation, Is the law of planned control of production. The put Into given In planning. law of planned development of the national economy effect through planning. Hence, great attention USSR to the problem of Increasing the effectiveness Is Is of Each stage of the economic and socio-political development of the Soviet society sets Its requlre .. nts to planning, Its content, forms and methods of solving national economic proble•s. Presented by Y.F. Leontyev 275 The main Idea In plannl~g Is directed chiefly toward Increasing the effectiveness of production by utilizing scientific-technical achievements and production. thereby. maximising final results. EXPERIENCES IN PROGNOSTICATION The purposeful policy, pursued In our country beginning with the middle of the 1960s, resulted ,In the appearance of dozens and then hundreds of scientific gro~~ deal lng with the elaboration of scientific-technical and socio-economic prognoses. Several hundred theoreticians and several thousand practical workers continued elaborating such prognoses. Several thousand articles and reports on the theory of prognostication and on concrete elaborations were pub I I shed In USSR. Seminars, conferences and other meetings are held regularly on exchange of experience. The All-Union Council of Scelntlflc-Technlcal Societies renders great assistance In organizing and developing the service of prognostication. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the concept of prognostication and its application in the context of a planned economy. It highlights the importance of planning in a socialist society and the role of scientific research in predicting future events and improving the effectiveness of production. The text also mentions the involvement of various organizations and professionals in the field of prognostication.

**Category**
Economic development, Science and technology