Though growth targets were seldom met in the agriculture and allied sectors through the five-year plans, production and crop yield increased in...

While the 12 five-year plans lent India a decent industrial base, systematic educational pattern and self-sufficiency in terms of food grains, the...

The 12th five-year plan, which would ultimately be intercepted by the formation of NITI Ayog, started with a vision of ‘faster, sustainable and more...

Amid a global economic downturn, the 11th plan managed to register a ‘commendable’ growth rate of eight per cent but the slowing down of poverty...

Despite the ICOR remaining much above the envisaged target and agriculture and allied sectors performing below the mark, the tenth five-year plan...

Against the backdrop of the Asian financial crisis and a slump in agriculture, manufacturing and public investment, the ninth plan not just faltered...

The cumulative time period of the first eight five-year plans coincided with the completion of 50 years of planning in India, during which the...

While the success of the landmark 1991 economic reforms ensured that the Eighth Plan far exceeded its growth target, the parallel focus on human...

Riding on technological innovations, the Seventh Plan surpassed its growth target through efficient utilisation of capital but also witnessed...

Implemented amid turbulent domestic and global situations, the twin sixth plan not just managed to achieve its growth target but also put a tab on...

Fifth Five Year Plan’s fate was intercepted by deteriorating inflationary pressures and balance of payment situation, along with political instability...

Due to a series of external shocks, neither the Fourth Plan could meet its ‘ambitious’ growth target nor could it ease the inflationary pressure —...