Assertion: All the five-year plans of India did not give equal importance to the goals of growth, modernization, self-reliance, and equity.
Reasoning: Due to limited resources, a choice has to be made in each plan about which of the goals is to be given primary importance.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
The goals of the five year plans were: growth, modernisation, self-reliance and equity. This does not mean that all the plans have given equal importance to all these goals. Due to limited resources, a choice has to be made in each plan about which of the goals is to be given primary importance. Nevertheless, the planners have to ensure that, as far as possible, the policies of the plans do not contradict these four goals.