Political Science · Political Processes in India
Anti-poverty programmes such as IRDP and NREP were initiated during which Five Year Plan?
AFourth Five Year Plan
BSecond Five Year Plan
CSixth Five Year Plan ✓ Correct
DThird Five Year Plan
Correct answer: (C) Sixth Five Year Plan — These programmes were initiated during the Sixth Five Year Plan, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★These programmes were initiated during the Sixth Five Year Plan, so that is the answer.
★The Integrated Rural Development Programme expanded nationally around 1980.
★The National Rural Employment Programme also belongs to this period.
★The Sixth Plan ran from 1980 to 1985.
★Its focus was on poverty removal and rural employment.
★These schemes targeted the rural poor directly.
★Thus the answer is the Sixth Five Year Plan.
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