Under which five year plan did the Hill Area Development Programme focus on harnessing the indigenous resources of India's hilly regions?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Fifth Five Year Plan
The Hill Area Development Programmes were started during the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974–79), under the planners’ target-area approach. They covered 15 districts: the hill districts of present-day Uttarakhand, the Mikir Hills and North Cachar Hills of Assam, Darjeeling in West Bengal and the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu. The plans for these areas aimed at harnessing the indigenous resources of the hills through horticulture, plantation agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and small-scale and village industries.