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First
plan(1951 to 56)
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· It was based on Harrod-Damor model
· Community development programme was
launched in 1952
· Emphasised technical, price stability,
power and transport
· It was more than a success, because of
good are blessed in the last two years
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Second
plan(1956 to 61)
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· Also called Mahalanobis plan after its
chief architect.
· Its objective was rapid industrialisation
· Advocated use imports which led to
emptying of funds leading to foreign loans. It shifted basic emphasis from
agriculture to industry far too soon. During this plan, price level
increased by 30% against a decline of 13% during the first plan
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Third
plan(1961 to 66)
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· At its conception time, it was felt that
Indian economy has entered it takeoff stage. Therefore, a was to make India
a self reliant and self generating economy.
· Also, it was realised from the experience
of first two planes that agriculture could be given the top priority to
suffice the requirements of export and industry.
· Complete failure due to unforeseen
misfortunes viz. Chinese aggression(1962), Indo Pak war (1962) , Indo Pak
war (1965 ), Seve rest drought to 100 years (1965 to 66)
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Three
annual plans(1966 to 69)
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· Plan holiday for three years. The
prevailing crisis in agriculture and serious food shortage necessitated the
emphasis on agriculture during the annual plans.
· During these plans a whole new
agriculture strategy involving widespread of distribution of
highly-yielding varieties of seeds, the extensive use of fertilisers,
exploitation of irrigation potential and soil conservation was put into
action to tide over the crisis in agriculture production.
· During the annual plans, the economy
basically absorbed the shocks given during the third plan, making way for a
planned growth
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Fourth
plan(1969 to 74)
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· Main emphasis on agriculture's growth
rate so that chain reaction can start
· Fared well in the first two years with
record production, last three years failure cause of poor monsoon.
· Had to tackle the influx of Bangladeshi
refugees before and after 1971 Indo Pak war
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Fifth
plan (1974 to 79 )
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· the fifth plan repaired and launched by
D.D Dhar proposed to achieve two main objectives viz removal of
poverty(Garibi Hatao) and attainment of self reliance,
through promotion of high rate, better distribution of income and a very
significant growth in the domestic rate of saving.
· the plan was terminated in 1978 (instead
of 1979 ) when Janta government came to the power.
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Rolling
plan(1978 to 80)
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· there were two sixth plans. One by Genta
government.(For 78 to 73) which was in operation for two years only and the
other by Congress government when it returned to power in 1980
· the Janata government plan is also called
Rolling plan
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Sixth
plan(1980 to 85)
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· Objectives: Increase in national income,
modernisation of technology, ensuring continuous decrease in poverty and
unemployment, population control through family planning etc.
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Seventh
plan(1985 to 90)
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· the seventh plan emphasized policies and
programmes which aimed at rapid growth in food grains production, increased
employment opportunities and productivity within the framework of basic
tenants of planning.
· It was a great success, the economy
recorded 6% growth rate against the targeted 5%
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Eighth
plan(1992 to 97)
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· The eighth plan was postponed by two
years because of political upheavals at the Centre and it was launched
after a worsening balance of payment position and inflation during 1990-91
· the plan undertook various drastic policy
measures to combat the bad economic situation and to undertake an annual
average growth of 5.6%
· some of the main economic performance
during eighth plan period were rapid economic growth, high growth in
exports and imports, improvement in trade and current account deficit.
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Ninth
plan(1997 to 2002)
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· Tt was developed in the context of four
important dimensions: quality of life, generation of productive employment,
a regional balance and self-reliance.
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Tenth
plan (2002 to 2007)
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· Its objectives included achieving the
growth rate of 8%, reduction of poverty ratio to 20% by 2007 and 210% by
2012, universal access to primary education by 2007, increase in literacy
rate to 72% within the plan period and to 80% by 2012
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Eleventh
plan(2007 to 2012)
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· Accelerate growth rate of GDP from 8% to
10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th plan in order to double per capita
income by 2016-17
· Increase agricultural GDP growth rate of
4% per year to ensure a broader spread of benefits.
· Reduce drop out rates of children from
elementary school from 52.2% in 2003-04 to 20% by 2011-12
· Increase the literacy rate for persons of
faith seven years or more to 85%
· reduce infant mortality rate(MR) 28 and
maternal mortality ratio(MMR) to 1 part 1000 live births.
· raise the sex ratio for age group 0-6 to
935 by 2011-12 and to 950 by 2016-17
· Ensure electricity connection to all
village and BPL households by 2009 and the round-the-clock power by the end
of the plan
· increase forest and free cover by the
five percentage points
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