Self-reliance has been adopted as an important objective of economic planning in modern India.

Answer: Option C

Adopted : legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.
Discarded : get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.
Denied : state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
Forsaken : abandoned or deserted.
Refused : indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Antonym of Adopted is Forsaken