GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

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The Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development guided the playing practice in India form the
A
First Five-Year Plan to the Sixth Five-Year Plan
B
Fourth Five-Year Plan to the Eighty Five-Year Paln
C
Second Five-year Plan to the Seventh Five-Year Plan
D
First Five-Year Plan to the Eight Five-Year Plan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jawahar Lal Nehru. The Mahalanobis model was the Second Five year plan between 1956-1961. The 1948 Industrial Policy Resolution was revised and the new resolution of 1956 was adopted. The strategy emphasised the rapid development of heavy industry so as to build an industrial base of the economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Plan focused on the development of the public sector and “rapid Industrialisation".

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Five Year Plan was based on Mahalanobis Model. Its main focus was on the industrial development of the country. P. C. Mahalanobis was a famous Indian statistician who founded the Indian Statistical Institute. The plan lagged behind the target growth rate of 4.5% and achieved a growth rate of 4.27%.

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