This plan was a landmark contribution to development planning in general and it laid down the basic ideas regarding the goals of Indian planning. Identify the plan referred to here?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Planning, in the real sense of the term, began with the Second Five Year Plan. The Second Plan, a landmark contribution to development planning in general, laid down the basic ideas regarding goals of Indian planning; this plan was based on the ideas of Mahalanobis. In that sense, he can be regarded as the architect of Indian planning.