Q.State any two objectives of Indian economic planning.

Indian planning has always pursued more than one goal at once, though the balance between them has shifted plan to plan.

Indian economic planning has pursued five broad, recurring objectives. Any two, for example:

1. Growth — raising the rate of growth of national income and per-capita income, through higher saving, investment, and productivity in agriculture and industry.
2. Self-reliance — reducing dependence on other countries for food, capital goods, and foreign aid, pursued through building domestic agricultural and industrial capacity. …