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Correct Answer: Option (C) — considerable emphasis is placed on infrastructure growth
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedThe Eighth Five-Year Plan (1992–1997) reoriented the state's economic role from direct manufacturing and heavy industry ownership toward creating and modernizing core infrastructure (power, telecommunications, transport) while leaving industrial production largely to private enterprise under the new market-oriented paradigm.
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