Mnemonic for prelims

Tricks to remember FIVE YEAR PLANS:(Important facts from First to Eleventh five year plan)

1) FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN (1951 -56)

Mnemonics: SIPCOT

S - SOCIAL SERVICE

I - INDUSTRY

P - POWER

Co - Communication

T - Transport

2) Second five year plan (1956 -61)

Mnemonics : MADRAS

M - Mahalanobis Model

A - Atomic Energy Commission

D - Durgapur steel company, Tata Inst of Fundamental Research

R - Rourkela Steel Company, Rapid Industrialisation

A - Agriculture

S - Socialistic Pattern of Society

3) Third five year plan (1961-66)

Mnemonics : SAD

S - Self Reliance

A - Agriculture

D - Development of Industry

5) Fifth five year plan (1974-79)

Mnemonics : PSTM

P - Poverty Eradication

S - Self reliance

T - Twenty Point Programme

M - Minimum Need Programme

6) Sixth five year Plan (1980-85)

Mnemonics : MAIL

M - Management

A - Agriculture production

I - Industry production

L - Local Development Schemes

7) Seventh Five year plan (1985-90)

Mnemonics : EFGH (the alphabets)

E - Employment generation

F - Foodgrain production was doubled

G - Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (1989)

H - Hindu rate of Growth

8) Eighth Five year plan (1992-97)

Mnemonics : LPG

L - Liberalisation

P - Privatisation

G - Globalisation

9) Ninth five year plan (1997-2002)

Mnemonics : ESPN

E - Employment for Women, SC's and ST's

S - Seven Basic minimum service

P - Panchayat Raj Institutions, Primary Education, Public Distribution System

N - Nutrition Security

11) Eleventh five year plan (2007 -2012)

Mnemonics : TEACHERS

T - Telecommunicatons (2G)

E - Electricity, Environment Science

A - Anemia

C - Clean water

H - Health education

E - Environment Science

R - Rapid growth

S - Skill Development