Saturday, September 8, 2018

Five Year Plans

Five Year Plans

Five Year Plans

First five year plan ( 1951 - 1956 )


  • Presented by PM Nehru in 1951.
  • Harrod Domar Model.
  • Focus on agricultural development.
  • K N Raj (malayali) is the architect of preface.
  • Community Development Programme in 1952.
  • Family Planning in 1952.
  • UGC in 1953.
  • Bhakra Nangal , Hirakud , Damodar
  • AIIMS , Delhi
  • Target Growth - 2.1 %
  • Actual Growth - 3.6 %

Second five year plan ( 1956 - 1961 )


  • Mahalanobis model
  • Focus industrial Development
  • Durgapur - West Bengal - Britain
  • Bhilai - Chhattisgarh - Russia
  • Rourkela - Odisha - Germany
  • Socialist Pattern of Society 1955 Avadi session
  • Aim - reduce unemployment , increase national income
  • Target Growth: 4.5%
  • Actual Growth: 4.2%

Third five year plan ( 1961 - 1966 )


  • Agriculture and Industry
  • Primary school started in rural areas
  • Main goal - establish of self reliance and self generating economy.
  • Total failure due to wars
  • National Dairy Development Board 1965
  • Green revolution.
  • Target Growth: 5.6%
  • Actual Growth: 2.8%

Plan holiday(1966-1969 )

Forth five year plan ( 1969 - 1974 )


  • Gadgil model
  • Growth with Stability
  • Progressive achievement of  self reliance
  • Nationalised 14 banks in 1969
  • Pokhran test in 1974
  • Target Growth: 5.7%
  • Actual Growth: 3.3 %

Fifth Five Year plan (1974- 1979)


  • Prepared by DD Dhar
  • Aim bring inflation under control
  • Aim achieve Stability in economic Situation
  • Aim removal of property and achievement of self reliance
  • Garibi Hatao20 points programme
  • Command area development Programme
  • Terminated in 1978
  • Target Growth: 4.4%
  • Actual Growth: 4.8 %

Rolling Plan ( 1978- 1980)

Sixth five year plan ( 1980-1985)


  • Beginning of economic liberalisation
  • Aim unemployment and poverty eradication
  • IRDP, NREP, RLEGP, TRYSEM, DWCRA IN 1882
  • Ration shop were closed
  • Price and cost of living increased
  • Great Success
  • Target Growth: 5.2%
  • Actual Growth: 5.7%

Seventh five year plan( 1985 - 1990)


  • Rapid industrial growth through IT
  • Private sector was given importance
  • Stress on production of food grains
  • Generating employment opportunities
  • Success
  • Target Growth: 5 %
  • Growth: 6 %

Annual Plans (1990-1992)

Eight five year plan( 1992- 1997)


  • Manmohan Model
  • In this plan Narasimha Rao Govt. launched New Economic Policy of India
  • Modernisation of industries
  • Aim Human DevelopmentNew economic policy
  • Became member of WTOPMRY
  • Target Growth: 5.6%
  • Actual Growth: 6.8%

Ninth Five year plan ( 1997-2002)


  • It was launched in the 50th year of independence of India.
  • Focus agriculture and rural development
  • Focus Growth with social Justice and Equality
  • Women empowerment
  • Special action Plans
  • SGRY , PMGSY, Kudumbasree
  • Operation Shakti
  • Target Growth: 6.5%
  • Actual Growth: 5.4%

Tenth five year plan(2002-2007)


  • Aims to reduce the poverty ratio 15% by 2012.
  • Aims to double the per capita income of India in the next 10 years.SSANRHM, Bharat Nirman, JNNURM
  • Reduction of gender gap in literacy and wages.
  • Target Growth: 8%
  • Actual Growth: 7.2%

Eleventh five year plan ( 2007- 2012)

  • Main theme is Faster, More Inclusive Growth
  • Prepared by the C. Rangarajan
  • Aadhar project
  • RGGVY , Rastriya vikas yochana
  • Target Growth :8.1%Actual 
  • Growth : 7.9%

Twelfth five year plan (2012-2017)

  • Main theme is Faster,
  • More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
  • Bring down poverty rate by 10 percentage
  • Seek 4 percent agricultural sector growth
  • Target Growth: 9%
  • Later reversed to : 8%

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