<P> The target growth rate was 5.6%, but the actual growth rate was 3.3% . </P> <P> The Fifth Five - Year Plan laid stress on employment, poverty alleviation (Garibi Hatao), and justice . The plan also focused on self - reliance in agricultural production and defence . In 1978 the newly elected Morarji Desai government rejected the plan . The Electricity Supply Act was amended in 1975, which enabled the central government to enter into power generation and transmission . </P> <P> The Indian national highway system was introduced and many roads were widened to accommodate the increasing traffic . Tourism also expanded . The twenty - point programme was launched in 1975 . It was followed from 1974 to 1979 . </P> <P> The Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) was introduced in the first year of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974--78). The objective of the programme is to provide certain basic minimum needs and thereby improve the living standards of the people . </P>

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