Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning : 1. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasized on the establishment of heavy industries. 2. The Third Five-Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialization.

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Q: 62 (IAS/2009)
Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning :
1. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasized on the establishment of heavy industries.
2. The Third Five-Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialization.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

Economics

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,49,72,49,2,67,3

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{'indian planning': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'import substitution': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'industrialization': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'year plan': [0, 0, 1, 8], 'strategy': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'heavy industries': [1, 1, 5, 6]}

Option 1 claims that the Second Five-Year Plan emphasized on the establishment of heavy industries. This is correct. The Second Five-Year Plan, often called the Nehru-Mahalanobis Plan, laid significant emphasis on the industrialization with a focus on heavy industries and capital goods. It expected that stable base of heavy industries would accelerate overall industrial and economic growth of the country.

Option 2 says that the Third Five-Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialization. This statement is also correct. The Third Five-Year Plan aimed at making the country self-reliant and self-generating through import substitution—the strategy which aimed to substitute costly imports with domestic goods production and thus save foreign exchange.

Hence, both statements 1 and 2 are correct, making Option 3 the right answer. There is no need for alert as the provided answer is correct.