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1. Great Leap Forward (GLF) in 1958 was a campaign that was robustly aiming at industrialising
the country on a massive scale.
2. Mao Tse Tung was responsible for starting the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
in 1965, a cultural revolution on a large scale.

3. Since 1978, China began to introduce many reforms in phases. The reforms were initiated in
agriculture, foreign trade and investment sector.
Development Strategies of Pakistan
The following are some of the most prominent development strategies of Pakistan.

1. Pakistan began following a mixed economy system where both the public and private sectors
could co-exist.
2. They also began adopting a regulatory policy framework in the late 1950s and 1960s for import
industrialisation. This policy combined tariff protection for manufacturing consumer goods
together with direct import controls on competing imports.
3. The Green Revolution was introduced to increase the productivity and self-sufficiency in food.
Success and Failures of Strategies in India and Pakistan

Success Failures

The incidence of poverty is now significantly low Poverty and unemployment are still areas of major
in both the countries. concerns in both the countries.

Both the countries (India and Pakistan) have The growth rate of GDP and its sectoral
achieved self-sufficiency in the production of food. constituents have fallen in the 1990’s.

Both the countries have done extremely well in
developing their service and industry sectors at a –
fast rate.

The use of modern technology is improving in both –
the countries.