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
Communications and
transport
Industry
Land rehabilitation
Social services
Target of GDP growth 2.1 per
year
Achieved had been 3.6% per
year

ACHIEVEMENTS

GDP 3.6% per year

Evolution of good irrigation
system

improvement in

roads
civil aviation
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)
ACHIEVEMENTS

OBJECTIVES

To increase by 25% the national

income
To make the country more
industrialized
To increase employment
opportunities so that every citizen
gets a job

Development of

Mining and industry

Community and agriculture
development
Power and irrigation
Social services
Communications and transport
Miscellaneous

5 steel plants

a hydro-electric power project

production of coal increased

more railway lines

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)
OBJECTIVES

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
To provide employment opportunities
for every citizen of the country
To establish equality among all the
people of the country

ACHIEVEMENTS

Decentralization

Organizations formed

Panchayat
Zila Parishads

Laid emphasis on

oil conservation
irrigation
Afforestation
dry farming

Many fertilizer and cement plants

were built
Green Revolution
PMs
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shastri

Problems faced

Sino Indian War, India witnessed

increase in price of products. The
resulting inflation

4th Five Year Plan

(1969 to 1974)

OBJECTIVES
to reform and restructure
govts expenditure
agenda( defense
became one major
expense)
To facilitated growth in
exports
to alter the socio
economic structure of
the society

ACHIEVEMENTS
Great advancement has
been made with regard
to India's national
income
considered as one of the
emerging powers
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

To reduce social, regional,

and economic disparities
To enhance agricultural
productivity
To check rural and urban
unemployment
To encourage selfemployment
Production support policies
in the cottage industry
sector
To develop labor intensive
technological improvements

PROBLEMS

The international economy

was in a trouble
Food, oil, and fertilizers
where prices sky-rocketed
Several inflationary
pressures

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
To control poverty and
unemployment
To develop indigenous energy
sources and efficient energy
usage
To promote improved quality of
life of the citizens
To introduce Minimum Needs
Program for the poor
To initiate Family Planning

ACHIEVEMENTS

Speedy industrial
development
Emphasis on the information
technology sector
self sufficiency in food
science and technology also
made a significant advance
several successful programs
on improvement of public
health
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

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

ACHIEVEMENTS
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

Prioritize the specific sectors which

requires immediate investment
To generate full scale employment
Promote social welfare measures
like improved healthcare, sanitation,
communication and provision for
extensive education facilities at all
levels
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

ACHIEVEMENTS

Rise in the employment level

Poverty reduction
Self-reliance on domestic
resources

Self-sufficiency in
agricultural production
GDP Growth Per Annum
5.6

Ninth Five Year Plan

1997 to 2002

OBJECTIVES

to prioritize rural development

to generate adequate
employment opportunities
to stabilize the prices
to ensure food and nutritional
security
to provide for the basic
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

ACHIEVEMENTS

A combined effort of public,

private, and all levels of
government
ensured the growth of India's
economy.
Service sector showed fast
growth rate

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