SSC
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
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P. C. Mahalanobis
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Mahatmas Gandhi
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission. The first Five-year Plan was launched in 1951. Further Reading: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first five-year plan was presented and implemented by Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister. It was launched in 1951, and its objective was to uplift the economic condition of India by mainly focusing on improving the standard of the primary sector.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya is known as the Father of Indian Economic Planning. The first five year plan was presented in the parliament by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in December 1951. This plan promoted the idea of self reliant closed economy and was developed by Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis.