The Fourth Five-Year Plan from 1969-1974 in India aimed to achieve 5.5% annual growth, economic stability, self-reliance, and social justice. It introduced several programs like the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme to expand access to drinking water in rural areas, the Crash Scheme for Rural Employment to generate rural jobs, and the Special Nutrition Programme to provide supplementary feeding to children and mothers. However, the plan only achieved 3.3% annual growth due to challenges from recent famines and wars.

1. Fourth Five-
Year Plan
(1969–1974)
Represented by:- Kiran Paul

2. Annual plan:-
The introduction of high-yielding varieties
of seeds after 1965 and the increased use
of fertilizers and irrigation are known
collectively as the Green Revolution.

3. Country condition:-
•1966 & 1968 were famine years which
disrupted the planning process in mid
1965.
•India also faced two wars 1962 with
China and 1965 with Pakistan.
•Huge set back to the economy as defense
expenditure increased sharply & there
negative impact on industrial &
agricultural growth.

4. Objective:-
•To attain 5.5 percent growth in national
income per annum.
•To bring economic stability
•To achieve self reliance
•To achieve social justice & equality
•To utilize Panchayati Raj institution in
local & regional planning.
•To ensure the achievement of self-reliance,
price stability, Income of rural
population, supply of essential mass
consumption goods etc.

5. Programmes of 4th five year plan
Area development:-
Drought prove area programme
Agricultural development:-
Marginal farmers & agricultural labors (MFAL)
Small farmer development agency(SFDA)
Crash scheme for rural employment
Nutritional progamme:-
Supplement nutrition programme(SNP)
Training programme:-
Women vocational training programme (WVTP)
Welfare programme:-
Short stay houses for women& girls
Rural programme:-
Accelerating rural water supply programme
Rural electrification corporation

6. During these years (1969–1974) :-
•1st super fast train Rajdhani express
was introduced.
•India’s first atomic power station
becomes operational
•Madras renamed Tamil Nadu.
•Target Growth: 5.7% Actual
Growth: 3.30%

7. Accelerating rural water
supply programme (1972-1973)
Drinking Water Supply is a State subject. Funds have been provided in the
budgets of the States for the drinking water supply right from the
commencement of the first Five Year Plan. A national water supply and
sanitation programme was introduced in the social welfare sector in the
year 1954. Taking into account the magnitude of the problem and to
accelerate the pace of coverage of problem villages, the Central Government
introduced the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) in
1972-73 to assist the States and the Union Territories with 100% grants-in-aid
to implement the schemes in such villages. This programme continued till
1973-74. But with the introduction of the Minimum Needs
Programme(MNP) during the Fifth Five Year Plan (from 1974-75), it was
withdrawn. The programme was, however, reintroduced in 1977-78 when
the progress of supply of safe drinking water to the identified problem
villages under the Minimum Needs Programme was not found to be
satisfactory.
ARWSP continues during the 9th Plan.

8. Short Stay Homes for Women and Girls
The Government of India launched a programme in 1969
in the Central Sector called the Short Stay Homes for
Women & Girls to protect and rehabilitate those women
and girls who are facing social and moral danger due to
family problems mental strains, social ostracism,
exploitation or other causes.
Some major activities :
- Residential Vocational Training
- Medical care
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Recreational activities
-Work services
-Sponsoring residents for formal education

9. Women’s Vocational Training Programme in
DGE&T, Ministry of Labor was launched with an
objective of social development & economic growth of
women through vocational training. A network of
Institutes, both under the Central & State Sector, have
been set up for extending skill training facilities to
women. These institutes organize training courses in
skills having high employability.

10. Baiwadi nutrition program in India (1970-71) are implemented by voluntary
organizations, with grant-in aid from social welfare ministry.
It aims to provide supplementary nutrition to rural pre-school children (3-6 years)
along with pre-primary education, through Baiwadis – most peripheral center at
village/community level.
Special Nutrition Programme
The special Nutrition Programme (SNP) was launched in the country in 1970-71. It
provides supplementary feeding to the extent of about 300 calories and 10 gm. of
proteins to pre-school children and about 500 calories and 20 gm. of protein to
expectant and nursing mothers for 300 days a year. At present SNP is operated, as
a part of the Minimum Needs Programme in the various states.The nutrition
component of the ICDS programme is funded by States and Union Territories
from the SNP budget. At present about 21.5 million beneficiaries are covered
under this programme.

11. The Crash Scheme for Rural
Employment (CSRE) which spanned
from 1971-72 to 1973-74 was one among
them. The scheme aimed at direct
generation of employment in all the
districts of the country at the rate of 2.5
lakhs man days per annum in each district
through the execution of labor intensive
projects and creation of durable assets in
consonance with local development plans

12. Drought Prone Area Programme(DPAP):
The objective of the scheme was to create
gainful employment among the people of
the drought prone areas.

13. Minimum Needs Programme (MNP):
This aimed at making provisions for
elementary education, health nutrition,
electrification, water supply etc. particularly
in backward areas.