Eleventh Five-year Plan (2007-12)

Presented by: Bhobotosh Debnath MBA first semester, Nagaland University

Introduction
Prime Minster Jawaharlal Nehru set up the planning commission in 1950. The first FiveYear Plan commenced in 1950-51.
The guiding principles of Indias Five-

Year Plans are provided by the basic objectives of growth, employment, self reliance and social justice.

Five- year Planning in India so far:

Plans Year Major Objective GDP Targeted GDP Achieved

First Plan Second Plan

1951-56 1956-61

Agricultural development Rapid industrialsation with emphasis on basic and heavy industries Self-reliant and self-generating economy*

2.1

3.5

4.5

4.2

Third Plan

1961-1966

5.6 --

2.5 3.9

Annual Plan Fourth Plan

1966-1969 1969-1974 Growth with stability and progressive achievement of self reliance

5.7

3.2

Fifth Plan

1974-1979

Garabi Hatao: Removal of poverty and Selfreliance

4.4

4.7

Annual Plan

1979-80

--

5.2

5.2 Sixth Plan 1980-85 Poverty alleviation 5.5

Seventh Plan

1985-90

Agricultural development and Employment opportunities

5.0

5.6

Annual Plan

1990-82

3.4

Eight Plan

1992-97

To Accelerate Economic growth

5.6

6.5

Ninth plan

1997-2002

Growth with social justice and equality

6.5

5.5

Tenth plan

2002-07

Economic progress with equity and social justice

7.9

7.7

THE ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN:INTRODUCTION

The Eleventh Five Year Plan was approved by theThe Eleventh Plan set a Council on 19 National Development target for 9% growth 2007. December in the five year period 2007 08

Chairman of the 11th 5-Year plan is Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

THE 27 NATIONAL TARGETS (Key Targets)

Twenty-seven targets at the national level fall in six major categories. The six categories are: (i) Income and Poverty; (ii) Education; (iii) Health; (iv) Women and Children; (v) Infrastructure; and (vi) Environment. The targets in each of these categories are given below.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

Income and Poverty

Average GDP growth rate of 9% per year in the Eleventh Plan period. Agricultural GDP growth rate at 4% per year on the average. Generation of 58 million new work opportunities. Reduction of unemployment among the educated to less than 5% 20% rise in the real wage rate of unskilled workers. Reduction in the head-count ratio of consumption poverty by 10 percentage points.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

(ii) Education Reduction in the dropout rates of children at the elementary level from 52.2% in 200304 to 20% by 201112. Developing minimum standards of educational attainment in elementary schools, to ensure quality education. Increasing the literacy rate for persons of age 7 years or more to 85% by 201112. Reducing the gender gap in literacy to 10 percentage points by 201112. Increasing the percentage of each cohort going to higher education from the present 10% to 15% by 201112.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

(iii) Health
Infant mortality rate (IMR) to be reduced to 28 and maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 1 per 1000 live births by the end of the Eleventh Plan. Total Fertility Rate to be reduced to 2.1 by the end of the Eleventh Plan. Clean drinking water to be available for all by 2009, ensuring that there are no slip-backs by the end of the Eleventh Plan. Malnutrition among children of age group 03 to be reduced to half its present level by the end of the Eleventh Plan. Anaemia among women and girls to be reduced to half its present level by the end of the Eleventh Plan.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

(iv) Women and Children Sex ratio for age group 06 to be raised to 935 by 2011 12 and to 950 by 201617. Ensuring that at least 33% of the direct and indirect beneficiaries of all government schemes are women and girl children. Ensuring that all children enjoy a safe childhood, without any compulsion to work.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

(v) Infrastructure
To ensure electricity connection to all villages and BPL households by 2009 and reliable power by the end of the Plan. To ensure all-weather road connection to all habitations with population 1000 and above (500 and above in hilly and tribal areas) by 2009, and all significant habitations by 2015. To connect every village by telephone and provide broadband connectivity to all villages by 2012. To provide homestead sites to all by 2012 and step up the pace of house construction for rural poor to cover all the poor by 201617.

THE KEY NATIONAL TARGETS

(vi) Environment
To increase forest and tree cover by 5 percentage points. To attain WHO standards of air quality in all major cities by 201112. To treat all urban waste water by 201112 to clean river waters. To increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2016 17.

THE 13 STATE-SPECIFIC TARGETS

The Eleventh Plan has been formulated in a manner whereby 13 of the 27 monitor able national targets have been disaggregated into appropriate targets for individual States. These are (i) GDP growth rate (ii) Agricultural growth rate (iii) New work opportunities (iv) Poverty ratio (v) Drop out rate in elementary schools (vi) Literacy rate (vii) Gender gap in literacy rate

THE 13 STATE-SPECIFIC TARGETS

(viii) Infant mortality rate (IMR) (ix) Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) (x) Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (xi) Child malnutrition (xii) Anemia among women and girls (xiii) Sex-ratio Appropriate policies and programes have to be identified both at the Central and State levels so as to ensure realization of these targets in the Eleventh Plan period.

Achievement And Growth Rate:

1.Growth of national and per capita income: National

income Average Gr. 3.4% and PCI 1.2%. 2.Rise in life expectancy: 1951-32 years, 2001-64 years. 3.Development of a huge educational system: 4.Development of science and technology: 5.Development of agriculture leading to self sufficiency in food grains and raw materials: Land reform/NAS/Green Revolution. 4% growth in this sector. 6.Impressive industrialisation in the capital goods sector with the help of the public sector: industries during British period were related to consumers goods such as matches, sugar, cotton, etc.

FAILURS:
The continuing poverty: The existence of unemployment and under employment Continuance of high population growth rate Widening regional disparities: Lack of human development: Divergence between wholesale price and index and consumer price index: To check the deficit in balance of trade: