Arrange the following Five Year Plan events according to their launching years.
A. Hill Area Development Programme
B. Drought Prone Area Programme
C. NITI Aayog formed
D. Plan for Inclusive and sustainable Growth
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, A, D, C
(B) Drought Prone Area Programme — first. It began during the Fourth Five Year Plan.
(A) Hill Area Development Programme — second. It began during the Fifth Five Year Plan.
(D) Plan for Inclusive and sustainable Growth — third. This was the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17), the last Five Year Plan.
(C) NITI Aayog formed — fourth. The NITI Aayog was formed on 1 January 2015, when it replaced the Planning Commission.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not give item (D), the plan for inclusive and sustainable growth. It only gives the Plans in which the Drought Prone Area Programme (Fourth) and the Hill Area Development Programme (Fifth) began, and the date on which the NITI Aayog was formed (1 January 2015). Item (D), the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17), came after these two Plans and before the NITI Aayog, which fixes Option (2).
NCERT (2026-27): “Hill Area Development Programme Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during the Fifth Five Year Plan covering 15 districts comprising all the hilly districts of Uttar Pradesh (present Uttarakhand), Mikir Hill and North Cachar hills of Assam, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu.” “Drought Prone Area Programme This programme was initiated during the Fourth Five Year Plan with the objectives of providing employment to the people in drought-prone areas and creating productive assets.”
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