Critical Study Of Five-Year Plans And Women Empowerment

Abstract

The Indian Constitution's Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, and Directive Principles all explicitly state the importance of gender equality. The Constitution not only guarantees women's equality but also gives the State the authority to implement positive discrimination policies in favour of women. Five-Year Plans (FYPs) are coordinated and integrated national economic programmes. The first Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union was put into effect by Joseph Stalin in 1928. Since then, the majority
of communist nations and a few capitalist ones have embraced them. India founded the First FYP in 1951, just after independence, under the socialist influence of its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. This paper is related to empowerment related issues in Five Year Plans in India.