What was the main goal of India's second Five Year Plan?
Heavy Industries and Capital Goods
The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) was based on the Mahalanobis model drafted by P.C. Mahalanobis.
Its main thrust was rapid industrialisation, with emphasis on heavy and basic industries and capital goods. Steel plants at Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela were set up during this plan.
Agriculture and allied sectors were the focus of the First Plan (1951-56, Harrod-Domar model); economic liberalisation began in 1991 and shaped the Eighth Plan; poverty alleviation (Garibi Hatao) was the slogan of the Fifth Plan.
Hence, the main goal of the Second Five Year Plan was heavy industries and capital goods.
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