Revision Series | Economy | Planning in Economy | 38

June 6, 2023

Consider the following statements :
Statement-I : The "Shoonya — Zero-Pollution Mobility" campaign promotes the use of EVs for urban deliveries and ride-hailing.
Statement-II : The campaign is administered by NITI Aayog and RMI in partnership with leading industry players. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

(A) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(B) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I
(C) Statement-I is correct Statement-II is incorrect
(D) Statement-I is incorrect Statement-II is correct

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Answer: (b)

The “Shoonya — Zero-Pollution Mobility” campaign promotes the use of EVs for urban deliveries and ride-hailing. Shoonya, meaning “zero” in Sanskrit language, implies the beginning and origination of possibilities.
Inspired by this connotation, the Shoonya campaign plans to revolutionise the transport sector with a radical and urgent transition to zero-emission vehicles.
The campaign is administered by NITI Aayog and RMI in partnership with leading industry players.

Consider the following statements :
1. India’s first planning blueprint was made by M. Visvesvaraya.
The book ‘Planned Economy for India’ proposed a five-year plan. Which of the statements given below is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1 The Bombay Plan prepared by the Indian capitalists.
It was a plan for economic development under considerable amount of government intervention.
Select the answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
1 Five-Year Plans (FYPs) are centralized and integrated national economic programs.
2. After independence, India launched its First FYP in 1951.
Select the answer using the codes:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (d)

Which of the following were the objectives of Planning in India?
1. Economic self-reliance.
A higher Economic growth Rate.
3. Modernisation.
4. Employment opportunities for the growing labour force of the country
Select the answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1, 2 and 3 only
(B) 2, 3 and 4 only
(C) 1, 3 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Answer: (d)

Which of the following is/are correct?
1 The First Five year Plan was based on Harrod-Domar Model.
2. It was a successful plan primarily because of good harvests in the last two years of the plan.
Select the answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Which of the following is/are correct?
1 The Industrial Policy 1956 was based on establishment of a socialistic pattern of society as the goal of economic policy.
2. The Second Five year plan is also called Mahalanobis Plan.
Select the answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Consider the following statements regarding Twelfth Plan :
1 It commenced at a time when the global economy was going through a financial crisis.
2. The broad vision and aspirations of this plan were reflected in the subtitle: ‘Faster, Sustainable, and More Inclusive Growth’.
Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Which of the following is/are not correct?
1. Planning was discontinued through ad hoc Annual Plans during the period 1966-1969.
2. Planning Commission behaved like a ‘super-cabinet’ in propagating and implementing policies.
Select the answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (d)

The main emphasis was on growth rate of agriculture to enable other sectors to move forward . First two years of the plan saw record production. The last three years did not measure up due to poor monsoon. Implementation of Family Planning Programmes were amongst major targets of this Plan. Which plan is being referred to here?

(A) Tenth Five year Plan
(B) Fifth Five year Plan
(C) Ninth Five year Plan
(D) Fourth Five year Plan

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Answer: (d)

The Plan aimed at accelerating food grain production, increasing employment opportunities & raising productivity with focus on ‘food, work & productivity’. The plan was very successful as the economy recorded 6% growth rate against the targeted 5%. Which plan is being referred to here?

(A) Eleventh Five year Plan
(B) Seventh Five year Plan
(C) Ninth Five year Plan
(D) Fourth Five year Plan

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Answer: (b)

With reference to NITI Aayog, consider the following:
1 3-year action agenda.
2. Promoting Millets In Diets: Best Practices across States/UTs of India.
3. The Role of Small Modular Reactors in the Energy Transition.
Which of the above are published by NITI Aayog?

(A) 1 and 3 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer: (d)

Consider the following statements:
1. NITI Aayog provides specialized strategic to Prime Minister.
2. The policy interventions by NITI Aayog include but are not limited to agriculture, social sectors, innovation.
Which of the above is/are part of the mission statement of the NITI Aayog?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer: (c)

Which of the following is/are correct?
1 National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP) aggregates datasets from across India’s vast statistical infrastructure.
2. NITI Aayog has developed NDAP.
3. NDAP seeks to democratize data delivery by making government datasets readily accessible.
Which of the above given statement(s) is/are correct?

(A) 1 and 3 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer: (d)

What is NDAP ?

The National Data and Analytics Platform (or NDAP) is NITI Aayog’s flagship initiative to improve access and use of government data. NDAP is a user-friendly web platform that aggregates and hosts datasets from across India’s vast statistical infrastructure.
NDAP seeks to democratize data delivery by making government datasets readily accessible, implementing rigorous data sharing standards, enabling interoperability across the Indian data landscape, and providing a seamless user interface and user-friendly tools.
NITI Aayog has developed NDAP keeping user feedback at the forefront, and hopes to continue integrating input from users.

India Policy Insights (IPI) is a collaborative initiative of which of the following?
1 The Geographic Insights Lab.
2. NITI Aayog.
3. International Institute for Population Sciences.
Which of the above given statement(s) is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 2 and 3 only

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Answer: (b)

India Policy Insights (IPI) is a collaborative initiative of the Geographic Insights Lab at the Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies and the Centre for Geographic Analysis at Harvard; NITI Aayog; and the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).