Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed the 11th Five Year Plan as:
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- India's health plan
- India's poverty eradication plan
- India's rural prosperity plan
- India's education plan
The Correct Option is D
Solution and Explanation
India's 11th Five Year Plan ran from 2007 to 2012 and was built around the theme of faster and more inclusive growth. Education received a very sharp increase in allocation during this plan period, with spending on the sector rising several times over compared to the previous plan.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred to the 11th Five Year Plan as India's education plan because of this heavy emphasis on expanding access to schooling and higher education, launching schemes like the Right to Education framework, and increasing the number of institutions such as IITs, IIMs, and central universities.
While health, poverty eradication, and rural development were also part of the plan's broader inclusive growth agenda, the label the Prime Minister used specifically pointed to education as the defining focus of this five year period.
The correct answer is option 4, India's education plan.
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