Highlight any 5 major achievement s of that India in the economic field since independence.
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1)India has adopted the idea of five year plans for targetting specific sectors that quickly needs development.For eg the first five year plan's special impetus on improving the Agricultural sector
2)India is now the world's sixth largest economy from being one of the underdog economies during the colonial period
3)The Indian government under Indira Gandhi has also achieved the nationalisation of 14 banks eg:- Allahabad Bank
4)The other major thing to look forward is the LPG reforms (liberalisation, privatization, Globalisation) done by the Narasimha Rao government under the then finance minister Manmohan Singh
5)The growth of IT and communication sectors were given special impetus during the period of Rajiv Gandhi this is the main reason for the growth of Indian IT giants like the Infosys
6) The Indian government also started many successful projects like the the Cooperative sector Banks,Grameen Banks and it has also carried many land reform measures like the Bhoodan Grameen.Similarly nowadays on current five year plans special impetuses are given to the underperforming manufacturing sector and irrigation sector of India.
1) The zamindari system exploited the pleasants who were forced to grow only commercial crops.
2) They were tortured or jailed on failure to pay the revenue on time.
3) British goods failed the Indian markets.
4) It destroyed indian industries.