The document discusses India's national five-year plans from 1951 to 2017. It provides details on the objectives, focus areas, budgets and outcomes of each five-year plan. The key focus of the early plans was industrialization and development of the public sector. Later plans emphasized agriculture, poverty alleviation, employment generation and making economic growth more inclusive. Health, education, infrastructure, rural development, population control, and improving living standards were consistent areas of focus across multiple plans.