Which of the following Five Year Plan was criticized for being biased towards the urban areas?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option 3 - Third Five Year Plan
The First Five Year Plan addressed, mainly, the agrarian sector including investment in dams and irrigation.
The second Five Year Plan stressed on heavy industries and rapid industrialisation.
The Third Plan was not significantly different from the Second. Critics pointed out that the plan strategies from this time around displayed an unmistakable "urban bias". Others thought that industry was wrongly given priority over agriculture. There were also those who wanted focus on agriculture- related industries rather than heavy ones.