India's Five-Year Plans (1951–2017)

1. Planning Commission of India established

   Mar 15, 1950Labels: Planning Commission, Government of

   • Cabinet Secretariat
   • Britannica

2. First Five-Year Plan begins (1951–1956)

   Apr 1, 1951Labels: First Five-Year, Agriculture

   • NITI Archive
   • Britannica

3. Second Five-Year Plan begins (1956–1961)

   Apr 1, 1956Labels: Second Five-Year, Public Sector

   • Foreign Affairs
   • NITI Archive

4. Third Five-Year Plan begins (1961–1966)

   Apr 1, 1961Labels: Third Five-Year

   • Britannica
   • Planning Commission

5. Plan Holiday and Annual Plans period begins

   Apr 1, 1966Labels: Plan Holiday, Annual Plans

   • Britannica
   • Planning Commission

6. Fourth Five-Year Plan begins (1969–1974)

   Apr 1, 1969Labels: Fourth Five-Year

   • Britannica
   • Five Plans

7. Fifth Five-Year Plan begins (1974–1978)

   Apr 1, 1974Labels: Fifth Five-Year

   • Five Plans
   • Britannica

8. Rolling Plan period begins (1978–1980)

   Apr 1, 1978Labels: Rolling Plan

   • Five Plans
   • Britannica

9. Sixth Five-Year Plan begins (1980–1985)

   Apr 1, 1980Labels: Sixth Five-Year

   • NITI Archive
   • Five Plans

10. Seventh Five-Year Plan begins (1985–1990)

    Apr 1, 1985Labels: Seventh Five-Year

    • NITI Archive
    • Five Plans

11. Annual Plans period begins (1990–1992)

    Apr 1, 1990Labels: Annual Plans

    • Five Plans
    • GKToday

12. Eighth Five-Year Plan begins (1992–1997)

    Apr 1, 1992Labels: Eighth Five-Year

    • GKToday
    • Five Plans

13. Ninth Five-Year Plan begins (1997–2002)

    Apr 1, 1997Labels: Ninth Five-Year

    • Five Plans
    • YourArticle

14. Tenth Five-Year Plan begins (2002–2007)

    Apr 1, 2002Labels: Tenth Five-Year

    • NITI Archive
    • Five Plans

15. Eleventh Five-Year Plan begins (2007–2012)

    Apr 1, 2007Labels: Eleventh Five-Year, National Development

    • NITI Archive
    • Times of India

16. Twelfth Five-Year Plan begins (2012–2017)

    Apr 1, 2012Labels: Twelfth Five-Year

    • NITI Archive
    • Five Plans

17. Planning Commission replaced by NITI Aayog

    Jan 1, 2015Labels: NITI Aayog, Planning Commission

    • NITI Aayog
    • Britannica

18. Twelfth Plan ends; Five-Year Plans conclude

    Mar 31, 2017Labels: Twelfth Five-Year

    • Indian Express
    • NITI Archive