The main focus of this plan was "growth with justice and equity" This plan failed to achieve the growth target of 7% and Indian economy grew only at the rate of 5.6%

(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.

(i) Morris D Morris developed the Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI).
(ii) It is a measure to calculate the quality of life
(iii) He included life expectancy, infant mortality rate and literacy rate. A scale of each indicator ranges from 1 to 100.
(iv) Number 1 represents worst performance of any country.
(v) 100 is the best performance. Eg. in case of life expectancy, the upper limit is 100.
(vi) This was assigned to 77 years which was achieved by Sweden in 1973.
(vii) The lower limit 1 was assigned to 28 years achieved by Guinea-Bissau in 1960.
(viii) The difference between HDI and PQLI is the inclusion of income.
(ix) In HDI income is included and it represents both physical and financial aspects of development.
(x) In PQLI income is excluded and only physical aspects of life are considered.

(i) Twelfth Five Year Plan period was 2012 - 2017.
(ii) Its main theme is "Faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth".
(iii) Its growth rate target is 8%.