INDIA - FIVE YEAR PLANS

• FIRST - 1951-52 to 1955-56 - Priority given to irrigation and agriculture.
• SECOND - 1956-57 to 1960-61 - Develoment of basic and heavy industries.
• THIRD - 1961-62 to 1965-66 - Long-term development of India’s economy.
• ANNUAL PLAN - 1967-68 to 1968-69 - Plan holiday period.Pakistan and Chinese wars.
• FOURTH - 1969-70 to 1973-74 - It brought in a scientific temper to Indian agriculture.
• FIFTH - 1974-75 to 1977-78 - Janata Government terminated a year earlier and introduced the Rolling-Plan.
• ANNUAL PLAN - 1978-79 to 1979-80 - Introduced by the Janata Government.
• SIXTH - 1980-81 to 1984-85 - New Government revised plan for 1981-85 and approved subsequently.
• SEVENTH - 1985-86 to 1989-90 - Productivity,work and food were given basic priorities.
• EIGHTH - 1992-93 to 1996-97 - was designed to tackle the twin problems of unemployment and poverty
• NINTH - 1997-98 to 2001-2002 - Ensuring the implementation of Common Minimum Programme and boosting agricultural investment
• TENTH - 2002-2003 to 2006-2007 - Funds will be allocated especially towards poverty alleviation programmes.
• ELEVENTH - 2007 -2008 to 2012-2013 - Current Plan