Arrange the following in chronological order:

1) The excitement of planning reached its pinnacle
2) Tenth Five Year Plan was launched in India
3) First Five Year Plan was launched
4) National Institution for Transforming India came into existence

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

3-1-2-4

The correct answer is Option 4 - 3-1-2-4

3) First Five Year Plan was launched - 1951
1) The excitement of planning reached its pinnacle - 1956 (Launch of the second five year plan)
2) Tenth Five Year Plan was launched in India - 2002
4) National Institution for Transforming India came into existence - 2015

First Five-Year Plan in India (1951-56) aimed to uplift the economy and break the cycle of poverty in India.

The draft of the First Five-Year Plan and then the actual Plan Document, which was released in December 1951, generated a lot of excitement in the country. Journalists, Academicians, Government and Private sector employees, Farmers, Industrialists, Politicians, etc. – discussed and debated the documents extensively. The excitement of planning reached its pinnacle when the Second Five-Year Plan was launched in 1956.

Tenth Five Year Plan was from 2002 to 2007. Till now India has completed 12 Five Year Plans (12th was from 2012-17).

The Government of India replaced the Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog. NITI Aayog stands for National Institution for Transforming India. The NITI Aayog came into existence on 1 January 2015.