GS PrelimsEconomyEconomic Development2009 Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning:
1. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasised on the establishment of heavy industries.
2. The Third Five-Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialisation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: Option A
Explanation
1. Indian Planning refers to the series of Five-Year Plans implemented after independence.
2. The Second Five-Year Plan (1956-1961), based on the Mahalanobis model, explicitly emphasised rapid industrialisation with a focus on the establishment of basic and heavy industries. Statement 1 is correct.
3. The strategy of import substitution (replacing foreign imports with domestic production) was a key feature of India's industrialisation strategy from the Second Five-Year Plan onwards, not specifically introduced only in the Third Five-Year Plan (1961-1966). The Third Plan continued and intensified this strategy. Therefore, statement 2, claiming it was 'introduced' in the Third Plan, is generally considered incorrect in the context of Indian Planning history.
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