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Five Year Plans
Question | Answer |
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First Five year Plan | 1951- 1956, Harrod–Domar model, Five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Dams constructed (Bhakra, Hirakud, Mettur Dam and Damodar Valley dams), UGC 1956 |
Second Five year Plan | 1956-1961, Mahalanobis model, Hydroelectric power projects and five steel mills at Bhilai, Durgapur, and Rourkela were established. The Nehru-Mahalanobis model, The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Atomic Energy Commission of India. |
Third Five year Plan | 1961-1966, Failure. Wars and droughts. Yet, Panchayat elections were started. State electricity boards and state secondary education boards were formed. |
Plan Holidays 1966-1969 | Green Revolution. |
Fourth Five year Plan | 1969-1974, Big failure. The Indira Gandhi government nationalized 14 major Indian banks and the Green Revolution in India advanced agriculture. |
Fifth Five year Plan | 1974-1979, Garibi Hatao by Indira Gandhi. Was terminated by the Janta govt. The Indian national highway system was introduced. Minimum Needs Programme by DP Dhar |
Sixth Five year Plan | 1980-1985, Family planning was also expanded in order to prevent overpopulation. |
Seventh Five year Plan | 1985-1990, This plan introduced programs like Jawahar Rozgar Yojana. |
Annual Plans, 1990-1992 | 1990-1992, nothing significant |
Eighth Five year Plan | 1992-1997, liberalization, privatisation and globalization (LPG), India became a member of the World Trade Organization on 1 January 1995 |
Ninth Five year Plan | 1997-2002, nothing significant |
Tenth Five year Plan | 2002 –2007, nothing significant |
Eleventh Five year Plan | 2007-2012, India recorded an average annual economic growth rate of 8%. |
Twelfth Five year Plan, | 2012-2017, nothing significant |