Indian Economy 1950 -90 Test - 1

Explanation:

Birth rate refers to the number of live births per thousand of population per year. In 1991 it declined to 9.8

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The High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) was launched in the Kharif of 1966-67 with an objective to attain self-sufficiency in food by 1970-71. The core philosophy of the programme was to increase the productivity of food grains by adopting latest varieties of inputs of crops.

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The first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru presented the First Five-Year Plan to the Parliament of India and needed urgent attention. The First Five-year Plan was launched in 1951 which mainly focused in development of the primary sector.

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The new agricultural strategy which is also known as Green revolution in India was adopted in third five year plan in the year of 1960.

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The third five year plan focussed on self sufficiency in food grain production, generation of employement opportunities and reduction in inequality.

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Eleventh five year plan focussed on improving the quality of life through better health and sducational facilities and improved levels of consumption. It also focussed on reduction in inequality.

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The Planning commission was set up in march 1951 with Jawaharlal Nehru as its Chairman. It was set up to bring economic stability.

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Initially HYVP was implemented in 2 million hectares. in 1997-98 the total area under HYVP was 76 million hectares, of which about 6 percent was under foodgrains.

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In 1959 the Indian national congress resolved that the agragarian legislation to cover restrictions on the size of land holdings must be implemented in all states by the end of 1959. thus, all the state governments imposed land ceilings in the 1960s except for the north-eastern region.

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Prime minister is the ex-officio chairman of planning commission, where the commission has a nominated Deputy Chairman, who holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister.