The correct option is D Controlling population growth
The Eighth Five-Year Plan ws implemented in the year 1992–97, followed by the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Many problems were addressed in both these plans, which included:
1. Providing more employment opportunities
2. Maintaining stable prices for goods and services
3. Controlling population growth
However, the strengthening of the Panchayati Raj system was an objective exclusive to the Ninth Five-Year Plan.