The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai and Rourkela were established during the period of:
First Five YearPlan
Incorrect AnswerSecond Five YearPlan
Correct AnswerThird Five YearPlan
Incorrect AnswerFourth Five YearPlan
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
The Second Plan focused on the development of the public sector and "rapid Industrialisation". The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953. The plan attempted to determine the optimal allocation of investment between productive sectors in order to maximise long-run economic growth. It used the prevalent state-of-the-art techniques of operations research and optimization as well as the novel applications of statistical models developed at the Indian Statistical Institute. The plan assumed a closed economy in which the main trading activity would be centred on importing capital goods.
Hydroelectric power projects and five steel plants at Bhilai, Durgapur, and Rourkela were established with the help of Russia, Britain (the U.K) and West Germany respectively
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