Sixth Five year plan (1980 - 1985)
i) The basic objective of this plan was poverty eradication and technological self reliance. Garibi-Hatao was the motto.
ii) It was based on investment yojana. Its growth target was 5.2% but it achieved 5.7%.

Economic development of a country particularly depends on the process of industrialisation. During the post-independence period, the Government of India took special emphasis on the development of a solid industrial base, The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1948 and 1956 clearly stated the need for developing both Small Scali and Large Scale industries.

The term 'Green Revolution' refers to the technological breakthrough in of agricultural practices. During 1960's the traditional agricultural practices were gradually replaced by modern technology. The new technology was tried in 1960-61 as a pilot project in seven districts. It was called as the High Yielding Varieties Pragramme (HYVP).

Zamindari system was introduced by Cornwallis in 1793 through permanent settlement Act.

The British finance capital found its entry into the main sector such as,
(i) Railway
(ii) Plantation of tea and coffee and
(iii) Rubber in mid-nineteenth century.

Problems of British Rule:
(i) The British rule stunted the growth of Indian enterprise.
(ii) The economic policies of British checked and retarded capital formation in India.
(iii) The drain of wealth financed capital development in Britain.
(iv) Indian agricultural sector became stagnant and deteriorated even when a large section of Indian population was dependent on agriculture for subsistence.
(v) The British rule in India led the collapse of handicraft industries without making any significant contribution to development of any modem industrial base.
(vi) Some efforts by the colonial British regime in developing the plantations, mines, jute mills, banking and shipping, mainly promoted a system of capitalist firms that were managed by foreigners. These profit motives led to further drain of resources from India.

(a) Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-1985)
(i) The basic objective of this plan was poverty eradication and technological self reliance. Garibi Hatao was the motto.
(ii) It was based on investment yojana.
(iii) Its growth target was 5.2% but it achieved 5.7%.
(b) Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-1990)
(i) Objectives of the plan included the establishment of the self sufficient economy and opportunities for productive employment.
(ii) For the first time, due to the pressure from private sector the private sector got the priority over public sector.
(iii) Its growth target was 5.0% but it achieved 6.0%.
(c) Annual Plans
(i) Eighth five year Plan could not take place due to volatile political situation at the centre.
(ii) So two annual programmes are formed in 1990-91 & 1991-92.
(d) Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-1997)
(i) In this plan the top priority was given to development of the human resources i.e. employment, education and public health.
(ii) During this plan, New Economic Policy of India was introduced.
(iii) This plan was successful and got annual growth rate of 6.8% against the target of 5.6%.
(e) Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002)
(i) The main focus of this plan was "growth with justice and equity".
(ii) This plan failed to achieve the growth target of 7% and Indian economy grew only at the rate of 5.6%.
(f) Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007)
(i) This plan aimed to double the per capita income of India in the next 10 years.
(ii) It aimed to reduce the poverty ratio to 15% by 2012.
(iii) Its growth target was 8.0% but it achieved only 7.2%.
(g) Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
(i) Its main theme was "faster and more inclusive growth".
(ii) Its growth rate target was 8.1% but it achieved only 7.9%
(h) Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
(i) Its main theme is "Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth".
(ii) Its growth rate target is 8%.

(i) The major achievement of the new strategy was to boost the production of major cereals viz., wheat and rice.
(ii) The green revolution was confined only to High Yielding Varieties (HYV) cereals, mainly rice, whar maize and jowar.
(iii) This Strategy was mainly directed to increase the production of commercial crops or cash crops such as sugarcane, cotton, Jute, Oilseeds and potatoes.
(iv) Per hectare productivity of all crops Had increased due to better seeds.
(v) Due to Multiple cropping and more use of chemical fertilizers the demand for labour increased.

(i) The global human development reports published by the united nations development programme.
(ii) It recognizes that in every society certain groups are far more likely to suffer disadvantages than others and identifies, deep-rooted and often unmeasured, barriers to development.
(iii) The report also looks to what societies should do to advance human development for everyone.
(iv) It sets forward policy recommendations at the national level and also look at ways in which the global development.
(v) Landscape could be made more effective in the fight to leave no one behind and achieve the 2030 Agenda and sustainable development goals.

(i) Biswajeet Guha has stated that the calculation of HDI neglected many important aspects of human development.
(ii) He has created four indices of HDI as HDI₁, HDI₂, HDI₃, and HDI₄. HDI₁ is based on UNDP methodology as given in Human Development Report.
(iii) He has enlarged the scope of HDI by adding three more dimensions such as quality of life, poverty eradication, and urbanization.
(iv) Various countries including India are continuously making efforts to improve and enlarge the scope of available statistical information.

Industrial Policy Resolution 1956:
(i) The Industrial Poticy of 1956 sought to give a dominant role to public sector. At the same time, it assured a fair treatment to the private sector.
(ii) The Government would support and encourage cottage and small scale enterprise by restricting volume of production in the large scale sector by differential taxation (or) by direct subsidies.
(iii) This industrial policy emphasized the necessity of reducing the regional disparities in levels of development.
(iv) The Government recognized the need for foreign capital for progressive indianisation of foreign concerns.

Period of Industrial Capital:
i) The period of Industrial Capital was from 1813 to 1858.
ii) During this period India had become a market for British textiles.
iii) India's raw materials were exported to England at low price and imported finished textile commodities to India at a high price. In this way, Indians were explorted.
iv) India's traditional handcrafts were thrown out of gear.

The Government of India had implemented Second Green revolution to achieve higher agricultural growth. The target of Second Green Revolution was to increase 400 million tons of food grain production as against about 214 million tons in 2006-07. This is to be achieved by 2020. In agricultural sector, the growth rate of 5% to 6% has to be maintained over next 15 years. There may be changes in these statistics.

(i) The British rule stunted the growth of Indian enterprise.
(ii) The economic policies of British checked and retarded capital formation in India.
(iii) The drain of wealth financed capital development in Britain.