FOURTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

(1969-1974)

ASHIK A

AVANY DEVARAJ
• Objective

• To attain 5.5 percent growth in national income per annum.

• To bring economic stability
• To achieve social justice & equality
• To utilize Panchayati Raj institution in local & regional planning.
• To ensure the achievement of self- reliance, price stability, Income of rural population, supply of essential mass
consumption goods etc.
PROBLEM FACED

• A gap was created between the people of the rural areas and those of the urban areas. Initial plans from
the planning commission concentrated over the rural strengthening .
• Due to recession, famine and drought, India did not pay much heed to long term goal. The Country was
low in economic ability to sustain long term goal planning
• The process of implementation of the Five Year Plans was disrupted in 1966(severe drought in the country
and aggressions from China and Pakistan.)Fourth Five Year Plan was put off by three years due to these
impacts
• The intervention period between the Third and Fourth Five Year Plans had annual plans. Wars and
Natural calamities.
ACHIEVMENTS

• Served as a stepping stone for the economic growth

• Food grains production increased.
• Evolution of three tier system (Panchayati Raj) in Indian governance.
• Regional and urban development was taken into consideration.
• Industrial growth
REGIONAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Regional studies of metropolitan regions around Delhi, Greater Bombay and Calcutta were initiated.
• By 1968, almost all the States had introduced Town Planning Legislation with varying scope.
• During the period 1963—69, interim development plans for 40 cities were completed. They provided
necessary guidelines to Government departments and public authorities in the use of land.
• There is a provision of Rs. 188 Crores in the States sector for urban development, housing and
metropolitan schemes.
• Decentralization of urban area by dispersal through suitable creation of smaller centers in the rest of the
area.
HOUSING

• Appropriate lay-outs made for the growth in villages.

• Basic amenities such as water and sanitation in rural and urban sector.
• To support the development in housing sector HUDCO was established in 1970.
• Government provides accommodation to its employees.
• Special attention to the growth of small industries in rural areas and small towns.