Which Five Year Plan wanted to bring about quick structural transformation by making changes simultaneously in all possible directions?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Second Five Year Plan
If the first plan had preached patience, the Second Five Year Plan wanted to bring about quick structural transformation by making changes simultaneously in all possible directions, with its stress on heavy industries.
NCERT (2025-26): “Rapid Industrialisation … The Second FYP stressed on heavy industries. It was drafted by a team of economists and planners under the leadership of P. C. Mahalanobis. If the first plan had preached patience, the second wanted to bring about quick structural transformation by making changes simultaneously in all possible directions. Before this plan was finalised, the Congress party at its session held at Avadi near the then Madras city, passed an important resolution. It declared that ‘socialist pattern of society’ was its goal. This was reflected in the Second Plan.…” |