Second Five-Year Plan (India)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Five-Year_Plan
gptkbp:actualGrowthRate 4.27%
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Mahalanobis_model
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:criticizedFor neglecting agriculture
gptkbp:currencyDevaluation 1957-58
gptkbp:documentType gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:government
import substitution
heavy industries
gptkbp:endDate 1961
gptkbp:focus industrialization
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Third_Five-Year_Plan_(India)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Five-Year Plan (India)
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:Planning_Commission_of_India
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:P.C._Mahalanobis
gptkbp:internationalAid gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:World_Bank
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Durgapur_Steel_Plant
gptkb:Chambal_Valley_Project
gptkb:Hirakud_Dam
gptkb:Bokaro_Steel_Plant
gptkb:Bhilai_Steel_Plant
gptkb:Rourkela_Steel_Plant
gptkbp:objective rapid industrialization
increase in national income
socialist pattern of society
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Five-Year_Plan_(India)
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:resultedIn food shortages
balance of payments crisis
expansion of basic and heavy industries
increase in public sector enterprises
urban unemployment
gptkbp:sectorPriority gptkb:energy
gptkb:industry
transport
social services
gptkbp:startYear 1956
gptkbp:targetGrowthRate 4.5%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6