UPSC Economics Poverty as a Challenge / एक चुनौती के रूप में गरीबी Question Bank Planning, Unemployment and Poverty in India

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          Which five year plan was focused on poverty and unemployment for the first time?

    A) Third Five Year Plan

    B) Fourth Five Year Plan

    C) Fifth Five Year Plan

    D) Sixth Five Year Plan

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Fifth five year plan was focused on poverty and unemployment for the first time. The slogan of ?poverty abolition? was given by Indira Gandhi in 1971 and it was implemented during the fifth five year plan (1974-79). Gandhi promised to reduce poverty by targeting the consumption levels of the poor and enact wide ranging social and economic reforms.


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