Question

Which planning tool did all three countries—India, Pakistan, and China—adopt for their development?

Options

• Five Year Plans

• Decennial development programmes

• Annual budgeting systems

• Ten Year Plans

Answer 1

All three countries—India, Pakistan, and China—adopted Five Year Plans as their planning tool for development. India started in 1951–56, Pakistan in 1956, and China in 1953, following a similar planned economic approach.