planning and development Flashcards
when was the bombay plan established ? what was his goal? who established it?
1944
setting up a planned economy
big industrialists
who was the chairperson of the planning commision?
PM
the budget of the central and all the state governments is divided into two parts. name them and their definitions.
‘non-plan’ budget - spent on routine items on a yearly basis
‘plan’ budget - spent on five year basis as per the priorities fixed by the plan
when was the actual document of the five year plan released?
december 1951
when was the second five year plan released?
1956
when was the third five year plan released?
1961
what was the first five year plan aiming after?
take india out of the cycle of poverty
who suggested that india should ‘hasten slowly’?
K.N. raj
what did the first five year plan focus address?
agrarian sector including investments in dams and irrigation
according to the first five year plan, what was the principle obstacle in the way of agricultural growth?
pattern of land distribution
according to the first five year plan, what was the key to india’s development?
land reforms
what did the second five year plan address?
heavy industries
under whose leadership was the second five year plan drafted?
P.C. Mahalanobis
what resolution was passed by congress at its session held at avadi?
it declared that ‘socialist pattern of society’ was its goal.
what did the critics say about the third year plan?
the plan has an ‘urban bias’
