▁| - ▁| ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁|| ▁ 7 , 9 4 0 ▁| - ▁| ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁|| ▁ 1 3 , 7 2 0 ▁| - ▁| ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁|| ▁ 2 8 , 1 5 0 ▁| - ▁| ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁|| ▁ 6 6 , 9 8 0 ▁| - ▁| ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁|| ▁ 1 3 5 , 9 0 0 ▁| } ▁ ▁The ▁era ▁of ▁economic ▁planning ▁started ▁in ▁Him ach al ▁Pr adesh ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁The ▁first ▁five - year ▁plan ▁allocated ▁about ▁R s . ▁ 5 2 . 7   mill ion ▁to ▁Him ach al . ▁More ▁than ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁this ▁exp end iture ▁was ▁spent ▁on ▁transport ▁facilities ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁felt ▁that ▁without ▁proper ▁it , ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁planning ▁and ▁development ▁couldn ' t ▁be ▁carried . ▁ ▁The ▁community ▁development ▁programme ▁which ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁in ▁Him ach al , ▁in ▁certain ▁selected ▁areas ▁was ▁later ▁extended ▁to ▁the ▁entire ▁rural ▁Him ach al . ▁In ▁Mand i ▁and ▁K ang ra , ▁package ▁program mes ▁were ▁undert aken ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁West ▁Germany ▁for ▁popular ising ▁modern ▁techniques ▁of ▁cultiv ation ▁among ▁the ▁far mers . ▁Su itable ▁agricult ural ▁mach in ery ▁and ▁animal ▁husband ry ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁these ▁areas . ▁Well ▁equ ipped ▁soil ▁testing ▁labor