Question:
During which period of India's development was decentralized planning first considered alongside centralized planning?
ADuring the post-independence period in the 1990s
BDuring the First Five-Year Plan period (1951–56)
CAfter the Green Revolution in the 1960s
DFollowing economic liberalization in the 1990s
Answer:
B. During the First Five-Year Plan period (1951–56)
Explanation:
Decentralized planning was considered from the very beginning of India’s centralized planning efforts, starting with the First Five-Year Plan. Even as centralized planning was introduced, discussions about decentralized planning were initiated to ensure that local-level needs were addressed.