The call for Garibi Hatao was incorporated in
- (a)Fourth Five Year Plan
- (b)Fifth Five Year Plan
- (c)Sixth Five Year Plan
- (d)Seventh Five Year Plan
Answer
Why
Correct — B, Fifth Five Year Plan. 'Garibi Hatao' (Remove Poverty) was the slogan Indira Gandhi popularised in the 1971 election, and it became the guiding objective of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79), whose twin aims were removal of poverty (Garibi Hatao) and attainment of self-reliance. So the call for Garibi Hatao was incorporated in the Fifth Plan.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Fourth Five Year Plan — The Fourth Plan (1969-74) aimed at 'growth with stability' and self-reliance, but the Garibi Hatao objective was formally built into the Fifth Plan that followed.
- (c)Sixth Five Year Plan — The Sixth Plan (1980-85) continued the fight against poverty through employment and infrastructure, but the Garibi Hatao call was first incorporated a plan earlier, in the Fifth.
- (d)Seventh Five Year Plan — The Seventh Plan (1985-90) stressed 'food, work and productivity' — a later emphasis, not the Garibi Hatao plan.
Concept
The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79), drafted under D. P. Dhar, set poverty removal (Garibi Hatao) and self-reliance as its central objectives. The slogan itself came from Indira Gandhi's 1971 general-election campaign and became the plan's defining theme.
Several plans carried an anti-poverty thrust, so the Fifth and Sixth Plans are easy to confuse. The 'Garibi Hatao' label belongs specifically to the Fifth Plan.
Key facts
- 'Garibi Hatao' was Indira Gandhi's 1971 general-election slogan.
- The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79) adopted removal of poverty and self-reliance as its main goals.
- The Fifth Plan was terminated a year early (1978) by the Janata government.
- The Sixth Plan (1980-85) continued the anti-poverty thrust with employment programmes.
Study next
Common traps
- Confusing the Fifth Plan (Garibi Hatao) with the poverty focus of the Sixth Plan.
- Mixing up the 1971 slogan's date with the plan it shaped (1974-79).
Asked as a plan-to-slogan match — link 'Garibi Hatao' to the Fifth Plan.
Related PYQs
Match List I (Five Year Plan) with List II (Objective): A. Fifth Five Year Plan; B. Seventh Five Year Plan; C. Ninth Five Year Plan; D. Eleventh Five Year Plan. List II: 1. Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth; 2. Garibi Hatao (Removal of Poverty); 3. Food, Work and Productivity; 4. Growth with Social Justice and Equality.
- (a) A 1 B 4 C 3 D 2
- (b) A 2 B 3 C 4 D 1
- (c) A 2 B 4 C 3 D 1
- (d) A 1 B 3 C 4 D 2
Answer(b) A 2 B 3 C 4 D 1
Same fact — the Fifth Plan's objective was Garibi Hatao. That NDA item matches each plan to its slogan (Fifth to Garibi Hatao); this one asks which plan carried the Garibi Hatao call.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Garibi Hatao' was the election slogan associated with which leader?
- (a)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (b)Lal Bahadur Shastri
- (c)Indira Gandhi
- (d)Morarji Desai
Answer(c) Indira Gandhi — she gave the 'Garibi Hatao' slogan in the 1971 election. - practice — not a real PYQ
The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79) laid its main emphasis on
- (a)heavy industry
- (b)removal of poverty and self-reliance
- (c)human development
- (d)liberalisation of trade
Answer(b) removal of poverty and self-reliance — its Garibi Hatao objectives.