According to you, which of the following was the major aim of the "Independent India"?

1. Providing minimum basic needs to the people.
2. Increase in the import of foreign technology.
3. Improvement of foreign relations.
4. Reduction in the level of poverty.

A and D only

Providing minimum basic needs to the people and reducing poverty have been independent India's major aims. The pattern of development that the successive five-year plans envisaged emphasized the upliftment of the poorest of the poor (Antyodaya), integrating the poor into the mainstream, and achieving a minimum standard of living for all.