planning economic development & five year plans section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Fourteenth Finance Commission wants the states to share a larger fiscal responsibility for the implementation of the scheme.

Answer: (d)

Tech experts from research institutes are entitled to become part-time members of the Niti Aayog.

Currently, none is declared. It is a rotational post.

Answer: (d)

Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) is a strategic plan for rural development in India. This concept was given by former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

PURA proposes that urban infrastructure and services be provided in rural hubs to create economic opportunities outside of cities. Physical connectivity by providing roads, electronic connectivity by providing communication network, and knowledge connectivity by establishing professional and technical institutions.

All the given statements are the components of the PURA model of economic development.

Answer: (c)

The aim of th Five Year Plan is to connect every village by telephone and provide broadband connectivity to all villages by 202.

Answer: (a)

The Rolling plan concept in National planning was introduced by the Janata Party government.

Fifth FYP was launched and planned for the period 1974-79 but Janata government came in power in 1978 and ended the plan prematurely in 1978. The Janata government launched the sixth FYP for period 1978- 1983.

Congress government when came to power in 1980 abandoned the sixth FYP and launched a new sixth FYP for the period 1980-1985. The plan for period, 1978-80, is called the rolling plan.