जरी रोजगार निर्मिती हे आर्थिक नियोजनाचे एक उद्दिष्ट असले तरी त्याला______

The correct answer is Option A (never been accorded a high priority).

Key Points:
• The correct option is (1).
• Critical Analysis of Indian Planning:
• In Indian economic planning (notably during the initial Five-Year Plans dominated by the Mahalanobis strategy), planners assumed that rapid industrialization and heavy-capital investments would automatically generate employment through 'trickle-down' expansion.
• Consequently, direct employment generation remained a secondary by-product of growth rather than being treated as an overriding primary planning target.
• Renowned economists and evaluation committees noted that until the late plans (like the Eighth Plan), employment creation was never accorded the highest developmental priority, leading to widespread 'jobless growth'.
• Hence, MPSC officially affirms that employment generation has 'never been accorded a high priority' compared to output expansion.
• Key Takeaway: In Indian planning, employment creation was traditionally treated as an incidental outcome and not given top priority.