Five-Year Plans of India

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The Five-Year Plans of India were a series of centralized, government-led economic programs that guided the country’s development priorities and resource allocation over successive five-year periods from 1951 to 2017.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic planning program
government development plan
approvedBy National Development Council
coordinatedBy Planning Commission of India
country India
economicSystem mixed economy
endTime 2017
evaluationMethod end-term evaluation
mid-term appraisal
firstPlan First Five-Year Plan of India
fundingSource external assistance
public sector resources
geographicRegion Republic of India
linked to: India
inception 1951
inspiredBy Soviet Union Five-Year Plans
introducedBy Government of India
keyFigure Jawaharlal Nehru
Manmohan Singh
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
P. C. Mahalanobis
lastPlan Twelfth Five-Year Plan of India
legalBasis Directive Principles of State Policy of the Constitution of India
notablePlan Eighth Five-Year Plan of India
Eleventh Five-Year Plan of India
Fifth Five-Year Plan of India
First Five-Year Plan of India
Fourth Five-Year Plan of India
Ninth Five-Year Plan of India
Second Five-Year Plan of India
Seventh Five-Year Plan of India
Sixth Five-Year Plan of India
Tenth Five-Year Plan of India
Third Five-Year Plan of India
Twelfth Five-Year Plan of India
numberOfPlans 12
planningApproach centralized planning
indicative planning
planningAuthority Planning Commission of India
policyArea agriculture
education
employment
energy
environment
health
industry
infrastructure
rural development
science and technology
transport
policyInstrument physical and financial resource allocation
public sector investment
sectoral targets
primaryObjective economic development
industrialization
poverty reduction
resource allocation
self-reliance
social justice
reasonForDiscontinuation shift to medium-term and long-term rolling plans under NITI Aayog
scope national
startTime 1951
status discontinued
successorPlanningBody NITI Aayog
timeHorizon five years

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia workedOn Five-Year Plans of India
Yojana Bhavan associatedWithPolicy Five-Year Plans of India
Second Five-Year Plan of India partOf Planned economy of India
linked to: Five-Year Plans of India
D. R. Gadgil influenced Indian Five-Year Plans
linked to: Five-Year Plans of India