CHAPTER – 1
- 1757 – Battle of Plassey
- 1793 – Introduction of Zamindari System by Lord Cornwallis
- 1850 – Introduction of Railways in India by Britishers
- 1853 – First Railway bridge linking Bombay to Thane
- 1869 – Opening of Suez Canal
- 1881 – First Official Census
- 1907 – Setting up of TISCO
- 1921 – Year of Great divide
- 1932 – Pioneer of Indian Aviation (Airlines by Tata)
- 1943 – Bengal famine took place
- 1947 – India’s Independence
- 1951 – First Official Census after India’s Independence
CHAPTER – 2
- 1948 – First Industrial Policy Resolution
- 1950 – Planning Commission set up
- 1951 – First Year Five Plan (1st April 1951 – 31st March 1956)
- 1955 – Karve Committee (SSI Committee) constituted
- 30, April 1956 – Second Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
- 1966- 75 – First Phase of Green Revolution
- Mid 1970 to mid 1980 – Second Phase of Green Revolution
- 2015 – Niti Aayog replaced planning commission
CHAPTER – 3
- 1948 – Establishment of GATT with 23 member countries
- 1935 – Establishment of RBI
- 1970- MRTP Act (Later, it was been replaced by Competition Act, 2002)
- 1st July 1991 – New Economic Policy Announced
- 24th July 1991 – New Industrial Policy (Under LPG)
- 1995 – WTO Established with 164 member countries
- August 2014 – Jan-dhan Yojana
- Sept, 2014 – Make in India
- 2015 – Niti Aayog
- 8th November, 2016 – Demonetisation
- 29th March 2017 – GST act passed in the parliament
- 1st July 2017 – GST came into effect
CHAPTER – 4
- 1st Five Year Plan – Growth Oriented Approach
- 3rd Five Year Plan ^ Poverty Alleviation Programmes
- 5th Five Year Plan – Minimum Basic Needs Programme
- 1962 – Study Group Formed
- 2nd Oct. 1975 – Integrated Child Development Scheme
- 1993 – Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
- 1st April 1995 – Rural Employment Generation Programme
- 15th August 1995 – National Social Assistance Programme
- 1st Dec. 1997 – Swarna Jayanti Shanri Rozgar Yojana
- 1st April 1999 – Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar
- 25th Sept. 2001 – Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
- 14th Nov. 2004 – National Food for work Programme (in 2005, it was incorporated in
MGNREGA) - 15 Sept. 2005 – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- 1st April 2008 – The Government merge “Rural Employment Generation Programme & Prime
Minister’s Rozgar Yojana” and introduce: PRIME MINISTER EMPLOYMENT GENERATION - 2013 – National Food Security Act 2013
CHAPTER – 5
- 1964-66 – Education commission (kothari commission) recommendation to spend atleast 6% of
GDP on Education. - 1998 – Tapas Majumdar Committee
- 2009 – Right to Education Act
- 27th March 2014 – WHO declared India as Polio Free country
- 2015 – Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign
CHAPTER – 6
- 1969 – Nationalization of Banks
- 1970 – Operation Floor or White Revolution by Dr. Verghese Kurien
- 1975 – Regional rural bank establishment
- 12th July 1982 – Establishment of NABARD
- 1990 – Self help group was introduced
- 1991-2003 – Golden Revolution period
