The Janata Party government rejected the Fifth Five-Year Plan and introduced a new Sixth FiveYear Plan (1978-1980). This plan was again rejected by the Indian National Congress government in 1980 and a new Sixth Plan was made. The Rolling Plan consisted of three kinds of plans that were proposed. The First Plan was for the present year which comprised the annual budget and the Second was a plan for a fixed number of years, which may be 3,4 or 5 years. The Second Plan kept changing as per the requirements of the Indian economy. The Third Plan was a perspective plan for long terms i.e. for 10,15 or 20 years. Hence there was no fixation of dates for the commencement and termination of the plan in the rolling plans.