Question

During which one of the following Five Year Plans was regional approach to build new towns and prepare master and regional plans, emphasized in India for the first time?
1. Fourth Five Year Plan
2. Third Five Year Plan
3. Sixth Five Year Plan
4. Ninth Five Year Plan

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Third Five Year Plan

Third Five Year Plan

• The Third Five Year Plan has been the dawn of the regional development and had become a distinct policy of the government. This plan for the first time made a specific provision of around 30 million rupees for the preparation of comprehensive development plans for urban and regional development.
• This also gave a strong impetus to the development of cities, towns, regions as well as planning for river valley regions and industrial regions.
•  In the Third Plan it will be essential to link up the programme more closely with different schemes of community development such as provision of water supply, roads, drainage, public health, education etc.
• It is also necessary that rural housing activities should be effectively coordinated with other connected programmes of rural development so as to ensure that the villages selected under the village housing scheme derive the maximum benefit from the limited resources which are available.
• The Third Plan provides for a programme of about Rs. 29 crores for slum clearance and improvement