First Five Year Plan

(1951-55)
Total budget: 206.8 billion (INR) or USD$23.6 billion.

Objectives
the standard of living
Community and agriculture
development
Energy and irrigation

ACHIEVEMENTS
GDP 3.6% per year
Evolution of good irrigation system

improvement in

Communications and transport

roads

Industry

civil aviation

Land rehabilitation
Social services
Target of GDP growth 2.1 per year

Achieved had been 3.6% per year

railways
Telegraphs
posts
manufacture of fertilizers

electrical equipment

Disadvantages
development of only a few industries
private industry had not developed

Second Five Year Plan

(1956-1961)
Objective
To increase by 25% the national income

Acheivement
5 steel plants

To make the country more industrialized

To increase employment opportunities
so that every citizen gets a job

Development of

a hydro-electric power project

production of coal increased

Mining and industry

Community and agriculture development

more railway lines

Power and irrigation

Social services
Communications and transport
Miscellaneous

Land reform measures

improved the living standards of the
people
The large enterprises in seventeen
industries were nationalized

Disadvantages
eliminate the importation of consumer goods
high tariffs
Low quotas or banning some items altogether
License were required for starting new companies
This is when India got its License Raj, the bureaucratic control over the
economy
When a business was losing money the Government would prevent
them from shutting down

Third Five Year Plan

(1961-1966)

Objective
More stress to agriculture
subsidies
Sufficient help

Effective use of country's resources

To increase the national income by
5% per year
To increase the production of
agriculture so that the nation is self
sufficient in food grains

Acheivement
Decentralization
Organizations formed
Panchayat
Zila Parishads

Laid emphasis on
oil conservation
irrigation
Afforestation
dry farming

To provide employment
opportunities for every citizen of the Many fertilizer and cement plants were
built
country
To establish equality among all the Green Revolution
people of the country
i

Problems faced
Sino Indian War, India witnessed increase in price of products. The
resulting inflation

4th Five Year Plan

(1969 to 1974)

Objective
to reform and restructure govts
expenditure agenda( defense became
one major expense)
To facilitated growth in exports

Acheivement
Great advancement has been made
with regard to India's national income

to alter the socio economic structure considered as one of the emerging

powers
of the society
served as a stepping stone for the
economic growth
Food grains production increased

Problems
a gap was created between the people of the rural areas and those of
the urban areas.
Due to recession, famine and drought, India did not pay much heed to
long term goals

Fifth Five Year Plan

1974 to1979
OBJECTIVES

PROBLEMS

To reduce social, regional, and

economic disparities

The international economy was

in a trouble

To enhance agricultural
productivity

Food, oil, and fertilizers where

prices sky-rocketed

To check rural and urban

unemployment

Several inflationary pressures

To encourage self-employment
Production support policies in
the cottage industry sector
To develop labor intensive
technological improvements

ACHIEVEMENTS
Food grain production was above
118 million tons due to the
improvement of infrastructural
facilities
Bombay High had shot up the
commercial production of oil in India

Problems faced
The world economy was in a troublesome state
This had a negative impact on the Indian economy

Prices in the energy and food sector skyrocketed and as a

consequence inflation became inevitable

Sixth Five Year Plan

1980 to1985

OBJECTIVES
To improve productivity level
To initiate modernization for
achieving economic and technological
self-reliance

ACHIEVEMENTS
Speedy industrial development
Emphasis on the information
technology sector

self sufficiency in food

To control poverty and

unemployment

science and technology also made

a significant advance

To develop indigenous energy sources

and efficient energy usage

several successful programs on

improvement of public health

To promote improved quality of life of

the citizens
To introduce Minimum Needs
Program for the poor

To initiate Family Planning

government in the Indian

healthcare sector
Government investments in the
Indian healthcare sector

Problems faced
During this time the Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi and
hence industrial development was the emphasis of this plan
some opposed it specially the communist groups, this
slowed down the pace of progress.

Seventh Five Year Plan

1985 to 1989

ACHIEVEMENTS

OBJECTIVES
Anti-poverty program
Improved facilities for education to
girls
The government undertook to increase
productivity of

Oilseeds,Fruits,Vegetables
Pulses,cereals,Fish
Egg,Meat,milk.
Communications
Emergence of informatics, and
hooking up of telecommunications
with computers
Transport
inland waterways, product
pipelines, civil aviation, coastal
shipping

Social Justice
Removal of oppression of the week
Using modern technology
Agricultural development
Anti-poverty programs
Full supply of food, clothing, and
shelter
Increasing productivity of small and
large scale farmers
Making India an Independent
Economy

Problems
1989-91 was a period of political instability in India and hence no five
year plan was implemented
In 1991, India faced a crisis in FOREIGN exchange(Forex) reserves

Eighth Five Year Plan

1992 to1997
OBJECTIVES

ACHIEVEMENTS

Prioritize the specific sectors which requires Rise in the employment level
immediate investment
To generate full scale employment

Poverty reduction

Self-reliance on domestic resources

Promote social welfare measures like
improved healthcare, sanitation,
Self-sufficiency in agricultural production
communication and provision for extensive
education facilities at all levels
GDP Growth Per Annum 5.6
To check the increasing population growth
by creating mass awareness programs

To encourage growth and diversification of

agriculture
To strengthen the infrastructural facilities
To place greater emphasis on role of private
initiative in the development of the
industrial sector

Ninth Five Year Plan

1997 to 2002

OBJECTIVES

ACHEIVEMENT

to prioritize rural development

A combined effort of public, private,
to generate adequate employment and all levels of government
opportunities
ensured the growth of India's
to stabilize the prices
economy.
to ensure food and nutritional
security
Service sector showed fast growth
to provide for the basic
rate
infrastructural facilities like
education for all, safe drinking
water, primary health care,
transport, energy
to check the growing population
increase
to encourage social issues like
women empowerment
to create a liberal market for
increase in private investments

Tenth Five Year Plan

(2002-2007)
OBJECTIVES
To transform the country into the fastest growing economy of the world
targets an annual economic growth of 10%
Human and social development
The social net
Industry and services:
Industry,Minerals,Energy,Information technology,Tourism,Real
estate,Construction,Internal trade

Forests and environment

Science and technology
Special area programs

schooling to be compulsory for children

Eleventh five year plan

OBJECTIVES
Income & Poverty
Education

Health
Women and Children
Infrastructure
Environment