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Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during which of the following five year plans. |
4th Five year plan 5th Five year plan 6th Five year plan 7th Five year plan |
5th Five year plan |
The correct answer is Option (2) → 5th Five year plan 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. The National Committee on the Development of Backward Area in 1981 recommended that all the hill areas in the country having height above 600 m and not covered under tribal sub-plan be treated as backward hill areas. |
