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   Third Plan(1961 - 66)|Target Growth:             At its conception, it was felt that Indian 
   5.6%Actual Growth:2.84%                        economy has entertake-off stage.
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                                                    Therefore, its aim was to make India a‘ self-
                                                  reliant' and 'self-generating' economy.
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                                                    Based on the experience of first two plans, 
                                                  agriculture was given top priority to support 
                                                  the exports and industry.
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                                                    Complete failure in reaching the targets 
                                                  due to unforeseen events - Chinese 
                                                  aggression (1962), Indo-Pak war 
                                                  (1965),severe drought 1965-66
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   Three Annual Plans(1966-69) Plan holiday for     Prevailing crisis in agriculture and serious 
   3years.                                        food shortage necessitated the emphasis on 
                                                  agriculture during the Annual Plans
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                                                    During these plans a whole new 
                                                  agricultural strategy was implemented. 
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                                                    It involving wide-spread distribution of 
                                                  high-yielding varieties of seeds, extensive 
                                                  use of fertilizers,
     Fourth Five Year Plan :1969 to 1974.          There were two main objective of this plan 
                                                   i. growth with stability and progressive 
                                                   achievement of self reliance. 
                                                   II. During this plan the slogan of “Garibi 
                                                   Hatao” is given during the 1971 elections by 
                                                   Indira Gandhi.
                                                   III. This plan failed and could achieve growth 
                                                   rate of 3.3% only against the target of 5.7%.
     Fifth Five Year Plan:1974 to 1979.            I. In this plan top priority was given to 
                                                   agriculture, next came to industry and 
                                                   mines.
                                                   II. Overall this plan was successful which 
                                                   achieved the growth of 4.8% against the 
                                                   target of 4.4%.
                                                   III. The draft of this plan was prepared and 
                                                   launched by the D.P. Dhar. This plan was 
                                                   terminated in 1978.
    Rolling Plan
                                                   This plan was started with an annual plan 
                                                   for 1978-79 and as a continuation of the 
                                                   terminated fifth year plan.
   Sixth Five Year Plan: 1980 to 1985.              The basic objective of this plan was poverty 
                                                    eradication and technological self reliance.
                                                    It was based on investment yojna, 
                                                    infrastructural changing and trend to growth 
                                                    model.
                                                     Its growth target was 5.2% but it achieved 
                                                    5.7%.
    Seventh Five Year Plan:1985 to 1990.            Objectives of this plan include the 
                                                    establishment of the self sufficient economy, 
                                                    opportunities for productive employment.
                                                    For the first time the private sector got the 
                                                    priority over public sector.
                                                    Its growth target was 5.0% but it achieved 
                                                    6.0%.
   Annual Plans:                                    Eighth five Plan could not take place due to 
                                                    volatile political situation at the centre. So two 
                                                    annual programmes are formed in 1990-91& 
                                                    1991-92.
    Eighth Five Year Plan:1992 to 1997               In this plan the top priority was given to 
                                                    development of the human resources i.e. 
                                                    employment, education, and public health.
                                                    During this plan Narasimha Rao Govt. 
                                                    launched New Economic Policy of India.
                                                    This plan was successful and got annual 
                                                    growth rate of 6.8& against the target of 5.6%.
   Ninth Plan                                    It was developed in the context of four 
   (1997- 2002)                                  important dimensions: Quality of life, 
   Target Growth: 6.5% Actual Growth: 5.35%      generation of productive employment, 
                                                 regional balance and self-reliance.
                                                 To achieve 8% GDP growth rate
   Tenth Plan                                    Reduction of poverty ratio by 5 percentage 
   (2002 - 2007)                                 points by 2007.
                                                 Providing gainful high quality employment 
                                                 to the addition to the labour force over the 
                                                 tenth plan period.
                                                 Universal access to primary education by 
                                                 2007.
                                                 Reduction in gender gaps in literacy and 
                                                 wage rates by atleast 50% by 2007.
                                                 Reduction in decadal rate of population 
                                                 growth between 2001 and 2011 to 16.2%.
                                                 Increase in literacy rate to 72% within the 
                                                 plan period and to 80% by 2012.
                                                 All villages to have sustained access to 
                                                 potable drinking water by 2012.
                                                 Cleaning of all major polluted rivers by 2007 
                                                 and other notified stretches by 2012.
  Eleventh Plan      Accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10%. 
  (2007 - 2012)      Increase agricultural GDP growth rate to 4% 
                     per year.
                     Raise real wage rate of unskilled workers 
                     by 20 percent.
                     Ensure that at least 33 percent of the 
                     direct and indirect beneficiaries of all 
                     government schemes are women and girl 
                     children
                     Increase energy efficiency by 20 
                     percentage points by 2016-17.
  12th five year plan(2012-2017):
                     To ensure a broad-based improvement in 
                     living standards of all sections of the people
                     This mantra of “faster, sustainable and 
                     more inclusive growth”’