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Download Solution PDFChoose the correct pair from the following options.
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Fourth Five-year Plan - Family planning programme
Key Points
- Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-1974)
- The fourth Five Year Plan was the first plan launched by the Indira Gandhi government amid the pressure of drought, devaluation, and inflationary recession.
- The country was fighting with population explosion, increased unemployment, poverty, and a shackling economy. In addition, the situation in East Pakistan (now independent Bangladesh) was becoming dire as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and the Bangladesh Liberation War took place.
- Funds earmarked for industrial development had to be used for the war effort.
- The result was that this plan period was also no better than the third five-year plan.
- It gave emphasis on Family planning programs to control the population.
Additional Information
| Five-year plan | Goal |
| Third Five-year Plan | Focus on agriculture |
| First Five-year Plan | Harrod Domar Model |
| Second Five-year Plan | Mahalanobis model |
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