Question

Which of the following were the main aims of planning in India?

Options

• Population control, literacy, health and sanitation only

• Free trade, privatisation, globalisation and urbanisation

• Defence strengthening, space research, atomic energy and exports

• Agricultural & industrial development, employment generation, poverty reduction, and self-reliance

Answer 1

The main aims of planning were agricultural & industrial development, employment generation, poverty reduction, and self-reliance. These aims directly addressed the problems of poverty, unemployment and low productivity.