 Identifies actions that could occur during the first five

years after Legislative action on a Preferred

Alternative
 Includes actions necessary to implement the
Preferred Alternative such as:
 Environmental documentation and permitting
Demonstration projects
 Site access agreements
 Air quality, water quality, and biological monitoring
 Feasibility studies
 Final design
 Example actions provided, not comprehensive
 Actions needed regardless of alternative
 Information requested by the Secretary
 Consideration and action by the Legislature

 Adoption of a Preferred Alternative and

implementing legislation
 Appropriation of funding
 Identification of an Implementing Entity
 1) First plan – 1951-56 Highest Priority to agriculture, irrigation and power

2) Second plan – 1956 to 1961 Highest Priority to Heavy Industries

3) Third plan – 1961-1966 Self sustaining growth

1967 to 1969 plan Holiday three annual plans

4) Fourth plan – 1969-74 Equality and Social Justice

5)Fifth plan – 1974-79 Self Reliance

6)Sixth plan – 1980-85 Removal of Poverty

7)Seventh plan – 1985-90 Increased employment 1991, 1992 – Annual plans

8)Eighth plan – 1992-97 Faster economic growth

9) Ninth plan – 1997-2002 accelerating growth rate with stable prices

10) Tenth plan – 2002-07 Growth with enhanced quality of life

11) Eleventh plan – 2007-2012 Faster and inclusive growth

 Year: 1956 to 1961

 The 1st five year plan ended in the year 1956. The 2nd
five year plan was effective from 1956 to 1961.
 With India's five year plans the country has attained a
more or less stable economic setup down the years.
 Dealt with hydroelectric projects, steel mills,
production of coal, addition of railway tracks and other
aspects.
 The 2nd five year plan abided by Mahalanobis model.
 The second five-year plan focused on
industry, especially heavy industry.
 Objectives of the 2nd five year plan (1956 to
1961): Industries got more importance in the
2nd five year plan.
 The focus was mainly on heavy industries.
The Indian government boosted
manufacturing of industrial goods in the
country. This was done primarily to develop
the public sector.
 An economic development model developed by the
Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in
1953.
 The plan attempted to determine the optimal
allocation of investment between productive sectors in
order to maximize long-run economic growth .
 It used the prevalent state of art techniques of
operations research and optimization as well as the
novel applications of statistical models developed at
the Indian Statistical Institute.
 The plan assumed a closed economy in which the main
trading activity would be centered on importing capital
goods.