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The second five year plan of India is regarded as a landmark contribution to development planning. What could be the reasons for the same?
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\nThe Second Five Year Plan (1956-1961), based on the Mahalanobis model, is considered a landmark in Indian development planning for its strong emphasis on industrialisation, particularly heavy industries, its aim to significantly increase the rate of investment, and its explicit goal of establishing a socialistic pattern of society in India.
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\nThe plan shifted focus from agriculture (as in the first plan) to rapid industrialization with a focus on building a strong capital goods base through the development of heavy industries under the public sector. It aimed for a higher rate of growth and investment to achieve structural transformation of the economy.
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\nThe “socialistic pattern of society” resolution was adopted by the Indian National Congress at its Avadi session in 1955, influencing the objectives and approach of the Second Plan, which envisaged a dominant role for the public sector while allowing for a private sector within the overall planned framework.
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