• Priorities:
    • Proposed to achieve two main objectives: “removal of poverty” (Garibi Hatao).
    • And “attainment of self-reliance”.
  • Key Instruments:
    • Promotion of high rate of growth.
    • Better distribution of income.
    • Significant growth in the domestic rate of savings.
  • The plan was prepared against the backdrop of economic crisis (oil price hike, inflation).