1. Jawaharlal Nehru was responsible for the introduction of planning in our country.
2. To Jawaharlal Nehru, the Plan was essentially an integrated approach for development.
3. Initiating the debate on the Second Plan in the Lok Sabha in May 1956, Nehru spoke on the theme of of planning.
4. Nehru Said “the essence of planning is to find the best way to utilize all resources of manpower, of money and so on”.
5. Planning for Nehru was essentially linked up with industrialization and eventual self reliance for the country’s economic growth on a self-accelerating growth.
6. Nehru carried through this basic strategy of planned development.
