Which five year plan was focused on poverty and unemployment for the first time?
Options:
A . Fourth Five Year Plan
B . Third Five Year Plan
C . Sixth Five Year Plan
D . Fifth Five Year Plan
Answer: Option D Answer: (d) The 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 97 and it was implemented during the fifth five-year plan(974–79). 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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