The Third Plan Mid-term Appraisal Government of Orissa

Abstract

The First Five-Year Plan of Orissa was a modest one with an outlay of Rs. 20.55 crores. It consisted mostly of the schemes drawn up earlier for the post-war reconstruction programme. Among the new programmes undertaken during the period the most noteworthy are the Hirakud Dam Project and the National Extension Service. The Second Plan was conceived on a much bigger scale and covered a much wider area of the economy. Besides continuing the two major programmes mentioned above, it provided for a fuller utilisation of potential created in the sphere of power and aimed at creating conditions favourable to the setting up of industries in the public sector as well as in the private.