The main focus of the First Five-Year Plan was on the _______.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is agricultural sector.

Key Points

The First Five Year Plan in India was active between 1951 and 1956.
The plan was based on the Harrod-Domar model.
This plan gave priority to the agricultural sector of the country.
The First Five Year Plan was presented before the parliament by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Gulzarilal Nanda was the first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India.
Economist K N Raj is known as the architect of this plan.
It was quasi-successful for the government.
The target growth rate of the First Five Year Plan was 2.1% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Additional Information

The second Five Year Plan gave priority to the Industrial development of the country.

The eighth Five Year Plan gave priority to the development of human resources(Human Model).