Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jun 2019 Political Science
Which of the following is incorrect with regard to the Plan Holidays?
AThese were short-term contingency plans
BThe period of these plans was 1966-69
CThe reasons for these plans were war, inflation and drought
DPlan Holidays were introduced due to the failure of all three preceding Five Year Plans ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Plan Holidays were introduced due to the failure of all three preceding Five Year Plans — The incorrect statement is that Plan Holidays were introduced because the first three Five Year Plans had failed.
Explanation
★The incorrect statement is that Plan Holidays were introduced because the first three Five Year Plans had failed.
★The Plan Holiday ran from 1966 to 1969, between the Third Plan (1961 to 1966) and the Fourth Plan (1969 to 1974).
★During this gap, three Annual Plans were used in place of a five-year plan, so the description as short-term contingency plans is correct.
★The real reasons were external shocks: the 1965 Indo-Pak war, two successive droughts and food crisis, the 1966 rupee devaluation and high inflation.
★These pressures, not a failure of the earlier plans, forced the pause, so the statement blaming plan failure is wrong.
★For NET, fix the chain: Third Plan to 1966, Plan Holiday 1966 to 1969 (three annual plans), Fourth Plan from 1969.
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