SOCIAL SCIENCE

(Economics)
Questions Asked Regarding Planning
● In which 5 year plan India opted for mixed economy - Second
● The LPG model of Development was introduced by the Finance
Minister - Manmohan Singh
● Growth with Social Justice and Equality was the focus of - Ninth 5
year plan
● Economic Planning is in - Concurrent List
● National Development Council consists of - Members of planning
commision and chief ministers of the states.
● First Deputy Chairperson of planning commision - Gulzari Lal
Nanda
● Three annual plans were launched between - 1966-1969
● Garibi Hatao slogan came during the Fifth 5 year plan.
● A rolling plan refer to a plan which changes its allocations and
target every year
● In India the concept of ‘minimum needs’ and ‘directed anti poverty
program’ were the innovation of - Fifth 5 year plan.
● Twenty Point Programme was launched in the year - 1980
● The economic reforms are initiated by Narasimha Rao Govt. in -
Eighth 5 year plan
● For the first time Private Sector was given priority compared to the
public sector in - Seventh 5 year plan
● Jawahar Rojgra Yojna was launched in - Seventh 5 year plan
● What type of economy is followed in India - Mixed economy
● First 5 year plan was introduced in the world - Joseph Stalin(1928)
● The architect of the preamble of first 5 year plan - K N Raj
● The University Grant commision came in - First 5 year plan (1953)
● Planning commision was known as the - Super Cabinet,Economic
Cabinet,Parallel Cabinet
● Green Revolution was started in - Plan Holiday
● The concept of Rolling Plan is given in the book titled - Asian
Drama
● Gandhan model is also related to - Sixth 5 year plan
● Kerala model is also related to - Tenth 5 year plan
● Rao Manmohan model is also related to Eighth 5 year plan
● First country to start a Rolling Plan in the World - Pakistan
● The Prime minister who implemented Rolling Plan in India - Morarji
Desai
● The plan which gave importance to environmental programmes -
Eleventh 5 year plan
● The plan known as Education plan - Eleventh 5 year plan
● Which plan gave encouragement for - Ninth 5 year plan
● The plan known as People's plan - Ninth 5 year plan
● The plan known as Participatory plan - Ninth 5 year plan
● Command Area Development Programme launched in - Fifth 5 year
plan
● State Electricity Board and state secondary education board were
formed during - Third 5 year plan
● The plan known as Industrial and Transport plan - Second 5 year
plan
● All Indian Institute of Medical Science established in Delhi - First 5
year plan
● Panchayati Raj system was introduced during - Second 5 year plan
● National Extension service was launched during - First 5 year plan
NITI Aayog
● National Institution for Transforming India
● Planning Commision got replaced with NITI Aayog
● Formed on January 1st 2015
● Aim is to achieve sustainable development goals with cooperative
federalism
● Its initiatives include 15 year road map and 7 year vision, strategy
and action plan
● Headquarters - New Delhi
● Parent Agency - Ministry of Planning

Members:-

a) Chairperson - Prime minister

b) Vice Chairperson - Rajiv kumar
c) A Governing Council composed of Chief Ministers of all the states
and Union Territories and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories
(Except Delhi and Puducherry)
d) Ex-office members - 4 members
1) Amit Shah 2) Rajnat Singh 3)Nirmala Sitaraman 4)Narendra Singh
Tomar
e) Special Invitees - 4 persons

1) Nitin Gadkan
2) Piyush Goyal
3) Thawar Chand Geholt
4) Rao Inderjit Singh

f) Full time members - 3 members

1)V K Saraswat (former DRDO chief)

2) Ramesh Chand ( Agriculture Expert)

3) Dr. Vinod Paul (Public Health Expert)

g) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Amitabh Kant

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