--- title: "The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year?" description: "The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year?" author: "Reyansh Singh" published: 2018-03-10 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39042/the-first-five-year-plan-in-india-was-launched-in-the-year category: "indian polity and constitution" tags: ["indian polity and constitution"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year? The first Five-Year [Plan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41931/why-were-the-colonial-assemblies-critical-of-the-albany-plan-of-union) in India was launched in the year?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **In 2018, India is in its 13th Five-Year Plan**. **The 1st Five-Year Plan was introduced in the year 1951 and continued to the year 1956**. The 1st Five-Year Plan was **introduced by the [First Prime Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40269/who-was-india-s-first-prime-minister) of India, [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40271/who-was-the-acting-prime-minister-of-india-twice-on-the-death-of-jawaharlal-nehru-and-lal-bahadur-shastri).** The 1st Five-Year Plan was mainly **focused on the [development](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45363/who-was-the-first-minister-of-human-resource-development-ministry) of The Primary Sector**. At this time India was facing many serious problems like Shortage of Food, Excess entry of [Refugees](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40395/name-the-refugees-who-came-from-erstwhile-east-pakistan-now-bangladesh-five-decades-ago-in-india-and-the). After the Second [World War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43428/what-empowered-black-leaders-in-the-united-states-to-organize-the-double-v-campaign-after-world-war-ii-began) and [Partition of India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32988/who-is-responsible-for-partition-of-india-in-1947); India was facing many problems with the disequilibrium in the [Economy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43158/how-did-the-mass-production-of-cars-affect-the-american-economy). So, in 1st Plan, the highest priority was given to [Agriculture](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45366/who-is-the-minister-of-agriculture-and-farmers-welfare-ministry) to overcome the crisis of food.![The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b7b0bdbb-435c-4349-b62c-e9976c4167c3/images/a720f2ac-7649-4411-8491-7fb1b4c726b9.jpeg)\ Objectives of the 1st Five-Year Plan are as follows: 1. To **increase the Production of Crops**. 2. Increase in [National Income](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35566/when-was-the-first-national-income-committee-constituted) and maintain the equilibrium in the Economy. 3. Many dams were built to increase the [irrigation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44972/who-is-the-irrigation-and-power-minister-of-punjab-as-of-2018) and provide proper water supply to the maximum. 4. Major Technical Institute i.e. **5 [IITs (Indian Institute of Technology)](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44518/how-are-biotechnology-placements-at-department-of-biological-sciences-bioengineering-indian-institute-of-technology-kanpur) has been introduced** under the University Grant Commission (UGC) to provide funding for institutes and to strengthen the Higher Education in the Country. 5. Introduction of **5 [Steel Plants](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38145/the-iron-and-steel-plants-of-rourkela-and-durgapur-were-conceived-under-which-plan)** and contract has been signed to start production in the middle of 2nd Five-Year Plan. The 1st Five-Year Plan was very successful and the crop production was more than the expected due to the good rainfall in that period. \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39042/the-first-five-year-plan-in-india-was-launched-in-the-year Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.