UPSC Prelims 1995 · General Studies
Question 12: Economy and Social Development
Which one of the following Five-Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all developmental efforts?
AnswerThe answer is (d).
The Eighth Five-Year Plan (1992-97) made human development, meaning employment, education, health and basic services, the core of its strategy, coming right after the 1991 economic reforms. Earlier plans leaned on other themes: the Third on agriculture and basic industry for self-reliance, the Fifth on removing poverty, and the Sixth on poverty and employment programmes. Remember: Eighth Plan, 1992-97, is the human development plan.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) The Third Plan stressed agriculture and basic industry for self-reliance.
- (b) The Fifth Plan stressed removal of poverty and self-reliance.
- (c) The Sixth Plan stressed poverty removal and employment generation through anti-poverty programmes.
- (d) Right: the Eighth Plan placed human development at the centre.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1995, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.