1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  2. Jai Prakash Narayan
  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. Maulana Abul Kalam
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Option 2 : Jai Prakash Narayan

The correct answer is Jai Prakash Narayan.

  • Jaiprakash Narayan designed the Sarvodaya Plan in 1950.
  • The plan was inspired by Vinoba Bhave's Sarvodaya Idea and Gandhian Plan. 
  • Agriculture and small and cottage enterprises were highlighted in this plan.
  • It also emphasized land reforms and decentralized participatory planning as well as freedom from foreign technologies.

  • The Bombay Plan
    • ​A 15-year economic plan for India was proposed by a group of industrialists like GD Birla and JRD Tata and technocrats in January 1944.
    • The objectives of the plan were to achieve a balanced economy.
    • to raise the standard of living of the masses of the population rapidly by doubling the present per capita income within a period of 15 years.
  • Gandhian Plan
    • ​In 1944, Sriman Narayan Agarwal authored The Gandhian Plan.
    • It emphasized the promotion of small unit production and agriculture, based on Gandhian economic ideas.
    • The key characteristic was economic decentralization, with self-contained villages and cottage enterprises.
  • ​People's Plan​
    • M N Roy drafted the People's Plan in 1945
    • The People's Plan emphasizes consumer product manufacturing in the industrial sector.
    • In a planned economy, the People's Plan urges the quick construction of communication and transportation infrastructure.
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