First Five-Year Plan of India

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The First Five-Year Plan of India was the country’s inaugural national economic program (1951–1956), focused primarily on agricultural development, irrigation, and restoring the economy after independence and Partition.

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First Five-Year Plan of India canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Five-year plan of India ⓘ
economic development plan ⓘ
aimedAt controlling inflation ⓘ
employment generation ⓘ
increasing national income ⓘ
price stability ⓘ
raising per capita income ⓘ
approvedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
chairpersonOfPlanningCommission Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
context post-independence economic reconstruction ⓘ
refugee rehabilitation after Partition of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currencyOfAllocation Indian rupee ⓘ
economicModel democratic socialist planning ⓘ
emphasis community development programmes ⓘ
land reforms ⓘ
public sector investment in key areas ⓘ
endYear 1956 ⓘ
focusSector agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
power ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
followedBy Second Five-Year Plan of India ⓘ
goal balanced regional development ⓘ
improvement of living standards in rural areas ⓘ
self-sufficiency in food grains ⓘ
historicalSignificance first national-level comprehensive economic plan of independent India ⓘ
implementedUnder Constitution of India ⓘ
includedProgram Community Development Programme ⓘ
National Extension Service ⓘ
influencedBy Harrod–Domar growth model ⓘ
launchedBy Government of India ⓘ
legalBasis Planning Commission resolution of 1950 ⓘ
precededBy pre-independence colonial economic policies ⓘ
preparedBy Planning Commission of India ⓘ
primaryObjective agricultural development ⓘ
development of irrigation and power ⓘ
increase in food grain production ⓘ
rehabilitation of the economy after independence and Partition ⓘ
result growth rate exceeding initial target ⓘ
improvement in irrigation facilities ⓘ
reduction in overall inflation compared to immediate post-independence years ⓘ
significant increase in food grain output ⓘ
sectoralPriority higher allocation to agriculture compared to industry ⓘ
startYear 1951 ⓘ
timePeriod 1951–1956 ⓘ
typeOfPlanning centralized economic planning ⓘ

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Planning Commission of India → notableWork → First Five-Year Plan of India ⓘ
Second Five-Year Plan of India → follows → First Five-Year Plan of India ⓘ
Five-Year Plans of India → firstPlan → First Five-Year Plan of India ⓘ
Five-Year Plans of India → notablePlan → First Five-Year Plan of India ⓘ