Paper II · Part B — Economics

Five Year Plans and Planning in India

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Concept

India adopted Five Year Plans (from 1951) to achieve planned economic development, formerly through the Planning Commission. Since 2015, NITI Aayog has replaced it as the apex policy think-tank.

The plans set targets for growth, industry and poverty reduction.

Key Points & Formulas

First Five Year Plan (1951–56) focused on agriculture (Harrod–Domar model).
Second Plan (Mahalanobis model) emphasised heavy industry.
Planning Commission was set up in 1950; replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015.
Twelfth Plan (2012–17) was the last Five Year Plan.

Worked Example

Q. Which body replaced the Planning Commission and when?

The Planning Commission oversaw the Five Year Plans.

In 2015 it was replaced by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).

NITI Aayog now serves as the government's policy think-tank.

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5 NDA questions

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Question 1

NDA I 2026

Consider the following statements in case of terrestrial planets:

I. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are terrestrial planets having low densities as compared to other planets.

II. They lie between the Sun and the belt of asteroids.

III. Their lower gravity can hold the escaping gases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question 2

NDA I 2025

Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I (Five Year Plan):
A. Fifth Five Year Plan
B. Seventh Five Year Plan
C. Ninth Five Year Plan
D. Eleventh Five Year Plan

List II (Objective):
1. Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth
2. Garibi Hatao (Removal of Poverty)
3. Food, Work and Productivity
4. Growth with Social Justice and Equality

Question 3

NDA I 2024

Which one of the following statements regarding the objectives of the Second Five-Year Plan is not correct?

Question 4

NDA II 2024

Before the inception of the First Five Year Plan, which among the following Plans were initiated in India?
1. Bombay Plan
2. Peoples Plan
3. Sarvodaya Plan
4. Gandhian Plan

Question 5

NDA I 2023

Plan allocation in agriculture and irrigation as percentage of total plan outlay was highest in:

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