Second Five Year Plan: A Review of Progress (Uttar Pradesh)

Abstract

The Second Five Year Plan covered the period April 1, 1956 to March 31, 1961. Essentially, this period was a continuation of the efforts begun in the First Five Year Plan. In terms of long-term economic development, the decade 1951—61 constitutes one phase. During this phase, the economy of Uttar Pradesh recovered from the after-effects of war and the consequences of partition. The first efforts of planners were directed towards satisfying the basic needs of the people which had been long neglected—reform of land tenures, local self-Government through village panchayats, improvement of communications, provision of educational and health facilities, amelioration of backward classes. Work was begun on a number of irrigation, power and industrial projects. Several schemes were completed though the full benefits of these projects would be received only during the third or subsequent plan periods. Towards the end of this decade, there were ample signs that the ground had been prepared for accelerated social and economic advancement of the State.