INDEX

Previous Five Year Plans at a

Glance
Introduction and Objectives
Allocation for major sectors
 Five Year Plans at a
Glance
Period Plan Remarks
1951-52 to 1955- First Plan Priority given to agriculture
56
and irrigation
1956-57 to 1960- Second Development of basic and
61 Plan heavy industries
1961-62 to 1965- Third Long term development of
66 Plan India’s economy
1966-67 to 1968- Annual Plan holiday period- Chinese
69 Plans and Pakistani wars
Period Plan Remarks
1969-70 to 1973- Fourth It brought in a ‘scientific temper’
74 Plan to Indian agriculture and self
reliance
1974-75 to 1977- Fifth Plan Terminated a year earlier by the
78 Janta Govt. which introduced the
‘Rolling Plan ’ concept.
1978-79 to 1979- Annual Launched by the Janta Govt.
80 Plan
1980-81 to 1984- Sixth Plan Originally launched by the Janta
85 Govt. However, abandoned by
the new Govt and revised plan
for 1981-85 subsequently
1985-86 to 1989- Seventh approved
Food, work and productivity were
90 Plan the basic priorities.
1990-91 to 1991- Annual Basic thrust was on maximization
92 Plans of employment and social
1992-93 to 1996- Eighth transformation
Faster economic growth, faster
97 Plan growth of manufacturing, agricultural
and allied sectors, significant growth
1997-98 to 2001- Ninth plan Priority to agriculture and
02 rural development;
accelerating growth rate of
economy; food and
nutritional security for all;
containing growth rate of
population; empowerenment
of women and socially
disadvantaged groups such
as SC/STs, backward classes
2002-2007 Tenth Plan and minorities
Drastic pruningetc.
of
unproductive and
unnecessary expenditure;
Downsizing government;
Reduction in non-merit
subsidies; Re-orienting
strategy to raise food
production; Reforming and
rejuvenating the power
sector; Labour reforms;
Speeding up reforms in the
 Introduction and
Objectives
 The economy of India is based in part on
planning through there five-year plans,
developed, executed and monitored by
the Planning Commission.
 Growth rate of approximately 10%
by the end of plan period; growth of
4% in agriculture sector, faster
employment creation, reducing
disparities across regions and
ensuring access to basic physical
infrastructure and health and
education services to all.
 Allocation for major
sectors
 Education sector:- Allocation of
funds for education sector
increased by 34.2% to Rs. 32,352
crores

 Means – cum- merit

scholarships:- Under this scheme
selection through national test of
student who have passed class VIII ;
each student to be given Rs.6000
per year; 100,000 scholarships to
be awarded every year.
 Drinking Water and Sanitation:-
Allocation for Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water
Mission to be increased from Rs.4680
crores to Rs. 5850 crores.

 HealthSector, National Rural Health

Mission:- All districts to complete
preparation of District Health
Action Plan by march 2007
 HIV/AIDS:- Access to condoms to be
expanded and universal access to blood
screening and safe blood to be ensured;
more hospitals to provide treatment to
prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS from
mother to child; provision for AIDS control
programme to be Rs.969 crore.
 Polio:- Number of polio rounds to be
increased , with intensive coverage
in the 20 high risk district of U.P. and
10 district of Bihar.
 Integrated Child Development
Services:- To cover all habitations
and settlements and to reach out to
pregnant women, lactating mothers
and all children below the age of six;
allocation to be increased from
Rs.4,087 crore to Rs.4,761 crore.
 Urban Unemployment:- Increase in
allocation for Swarna Jayanti Shahari
Rojgar Yojana from Rs. 250 crore to Rs.344
crore.
 National Rural Employment Gurantee
Scheme:- Allocation of Rs.12,000 crore for
NREGS; coverage to expand from 200
districts to 330 districts.
 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes:- Allocation of Rs.3,271 crore in
respect of schemes benefiting only SCs
and STs and Rs.17,691 crore in respect of
schemes with at least 20% of benefits
earmarked for SCs and STs.
 Women:- Outlay for 100% women
specific programmes is Rs.8,795
crore and for scheme where at least
30% allocation is for women specific
programmes is Rs.22,382 crore.
 North Eastern Region (NER):-
Allocation increased from Rs. 12,041
crore to Rs. 14,365 crore.