First Five-Year Plan 1951-52 to 1955-56 ___ Priority given to irrigation and agriculture.
Second Five-Year Plan 1956-57 to 1960-61 ___ Development of basic and heavy industries.
Third Five-Year Plan 1961-62 to 1965-66 ___ Long-term development of India’s economy.
Annual Five-Year Plan 1967-68 to 1968-69___ Plan holiday period. Pakistan and Chinese wars.
Fourth Five-Year Plan 1969-70 to 1973-74 ___ It brought in a scientific temper to Indian agriculture.
Fifth Five-Year Plan 1974-75 to 1977-78 ___ Janata Government terminated a year earlier and introduced the Rolling-Plan.
Annual Five-Year Plan 1978-79 to 1979-80___ Introduced by the Janata Government.
Sixth Five-Year Plan 1980-81 to 1984-85___ New Government revised plan for 1981-85 and approved subsequently.
Seventh Five-Year Plan 1985-86 to 1989-90___ Productivity,work and food were given basic priorities.
Eighth Five-Year Plan 1992-93 to 1996-97 ___ was designed to tackle the twin problems of unemployment and poverty
Ninth Five-Year Plan 1997-98 to 2001-2002 ___ Ensuring the implementation of Common Minimum Programme and boosting agricultural investment
Tenth Five-Year Plan 2002-2003 to 2006-2007 ___ Funds will be allocated especially towards poverty alleviation programmes.