planning economic development & five year plans section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The objectives of the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls ‘SABLA’ are –

1. to enable Adolescent girls for self-development and empowerment,
2. improve their nutrition and health status,
3. promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, adolescent reproductive and sexual health (ARSH) and family and child care,
4. upgrade home-based skills, life skills and integrate with the National Skill Development Program (NSDP) for vocational skills, mainstream out of school adolescent girls into formal/non-formal education, provide information/ guidance about existing public services such as PHC, CHC, Post Office, Bank, Police Station, etc.

Answer: (a)

The various members of NITIAAYOG are:

Chairperson: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

CEO: Smt. Sindhu shree Khullar, IAS

Vice Chairperson: Arvind Panagariya

Special invitees: Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot

Answer: (b)

During the Eighth Five Year Plan, the Indian Economy adopted the indicative planning model.

Indicative planning is a form of economic planning implemented by a state in an effort to solve the problem of imperfect information in the market and mixed economies in order to increase economic performance.

When utilizing indicative planning, the state employs “influence, subsidies, grants, and taxes.

Answer: (b)

The Ninth Five Year Plan was launched in the 50th year of India’s independence. Under the plan for the first time in the Indian Economy the GDP growth rate was set at 7%.

Answer: (a)

The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a set of proposals for the development of the post-independence economy of India.

The plan was published in 1944 by eight leading industrialists Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Sri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff, Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas and John Mathai.

It proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence.

Answer: (d)

The Antyodaya Anna Yojana, an important milestone in providing foodgrains to the poor was launched on December 25, 2000. It contemplated providing 25 kg. of foodgrains per month at highly subsidized rates of Rs. 2 per kg. for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg. for rice to each Antodaya family. The total number of families to be covered under this scheme was placed at one crore.

Antyodaya Anna Yojana has started in six States - Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli. About 36 lakh families in these States have been identified and are being given distinctive Antyodaya ration cards.

It is expected that by April end this year the Antyodaya Anna Yojana would start in most of the States. The annual requirement of food grains for Antyodaya families would be 30 lakh tonnes. The total subsidy on Antyodaya Anna Yojana for a full year will be Rs. 2315 crore.