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The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by what means?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1944 a group of big industrialists drafted a proposal for a planned economy. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the Chairperson of the Planning Commission?Read the answer and worked solution →The First Five Year Plan document was released in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Fourth Plan was due in 1966 but India took what instead?Read the answer and worked solution →Economist K. N. Raj argued India should do what for its first two decades?Read the answer and worked solution →The First Five Year Plan focused mainly on which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the team that drafted the Second Five Year Plan stressing heavy industries?Read the answer and worked solution →At which session did the Congress declare the socialist pattern of society as its goal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gandhian economist proposed a blueprint stressing rural industrialisation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which State's development path, with near total literacy and long life expectancy despite low incomes, is called a model?Read the answer and worked solution →India's development strategy took elements of capitalism and socialism. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which land reform is described as the most significant and successful?Read the answer and worked solution →Severe droughts struck India in which years, causing famine-like conditions?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Bihar famine year 1967, the death rate was how much higher than the next year?Read the answer and worked solution →Facing the food crisis, India accepted food aid mainly from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Subsidised high-yielding seeds, fertilisers and guaranteed purchase prices began which programme?Read the answer and worked solution →Which regions became agriculturally prosperous through the Green Revolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Verghese Kurien, the Milkman of India, is linked with which dairy cooperative town?Read the answer and worked solution →Operation Flood, which built a nationwide milk grid, started in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →How many private banks were nationalised under Indira Gandhi after 1967?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the plannersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Green RevolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Run the plan yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the land reformsRead the answer and worked solution →Which revolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Which planRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Planning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by what means?

  1. A simple government resolution
  2. A constitutional article
  3. An Act of Parliament
  4. A Supreme Court order
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Correct answer: A. A simple government resolution

1. The Planning Commission is not a constitutional body. 2. It was created by a resolution in March 1950. 3. Its role is advisory, the Cabinet approves. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 3, Politics of Planned Development._

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In 1944 a group of big industrialists drafted a proposal for a planned economy. What was it called?

  1. Calcutta Plan
  2. Bombay Plan
  3. Nagpur Plan
  4. Delhi Plan
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Correct answer: B. Bombay Plan

1. Industrialists are usually thought to oppose planning. 2. Yet they drafted the Bombay Plan in 1944. 3. It wanted the state to take major initiatives. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 3, Politics of Planned Development._

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Who was the Chairperson of the Planning Commission?

  1. The Prime Minister
  2. The President of India
  3. The Finance Minister
  4. The Governor of RBI
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Correct answer: A. The Prime Minister

1. The Prime Minister chaired the Planning Commission. 2. It became the central machinery for strategy. 3. India opted for five year plans like the USSR. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 3, Politics of Planned Development._

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