In which Five-Year Plan was the Drought Prone Area Programme initiated to provide employment for people in drought-prone areas and create productive assets?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Fourth
The Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) was started in 1973–74, during the Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969–74). It began with rural works that gave employment in drought-prone areas and created productive assets such as irrigation works, land development and afforestation; later it came to stress integrated development of these areas.