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title: "Bombay Plan (1944): India's Industrialist Blueprint"
description: "The Bombay Plan (1944) was a proposal by eight Indian industrialists aimed at doubling per-capita income and industrializing India post-independence."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Bombay Plan was a 1944 proposal by eight Indian industrialists for a state-directed, fifteen-year programme to double per-capita income and industrialise independent India.
- Who were the authors of the Bombay Plan?
- How did the Bombay Plan differ from the Gandhian Plan and the People's Plan?
- Why is the Bombay Plan significant for UPSC and economic-history study?

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In January 1944, J. R. D. Tata and G. D. Birla joined six other industrialists to release the first part of the Bombay Plan in Bombay, proposing ₹10,000 crore in investment to double India's per-capita income within fifteen years.

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