Harrod Domar model was the main idea behind the __________ Five Year Plan.

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Step 1: The Harrod–Domar model gives the basic relation for growth as $g=\dfrac{s}{v}$, where $g$ is the growth rate, $s$ the savings rate and $v$ the capital‑output ratio.

Step 2: In Indian planning history the Harrod–Domar approach underpinned the earliest plan which emphasized raising investment and savings to stimulate growth — this was the First Five Year Plan (1951–56).

Step 3: The Second Five Year Plan (1956–61) shifted to the Mahalanobis model focusing on heavy industry, so it was not based on Harrod–Domar.

Therefore the Harrod–Domar model was the main idea behind the First Five Year Plan.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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