India at the time oI independence was leIt with crippling economy by British, which needed attention and

well planned strategies to boom again in the global market. The pioneers oI the Indian government at then
times Iormulated 5 years plan to develop the Indian economy.

The Iive years plan in India is Iramed, executed and monitored by the Planning Commission oI India.
Jawahar Lal Nehru was the chairman oI the Iirst Planning Commission oI India.

The duty oI the chairman oI the planning commission in India is served by the Prime Minister oI the
country. The tenth plan Iinished its term in March 2007 and the eleventh plan is currently underway.

The eleventh plan has the Iollowing objectives:
Income & Poverty
4 ccelerate GDP growth Irom 8 to 10 and then maintain at 10 in the 12th Plan in order to
double per capita income by 2016-17
4 Increase agricultural GDP growth rate to 4 per year to ensure a broader spread oI beneIits
4 Create 70 million new work opportunities.
4 #educe educated unemployment to below 5.
4 #aise real wage rate oI unskilled workers by 20 percent.
4 #educe the headcount ratio oI consumption poverty by 10 percentage points.
ducation
4 #educe dropout rates oI children Irom elementary school Irom 52.2 in 2003-04 to 20 by 2011-
12
4 Develop minimum standards oI educational attainment in elementary school, and by regular
testing monitor eIIectiveness oI education to ensure quality
4 Increase literacy rate Ior persons oI age 7 years or above to 85
4 Lower gender gap in literacy to 10 percentage point
4 Increase the percentage oI each cohort going to higher education Irom the present 10 to 15 by
the end oI the plan
ealth
4 #educe inIant mortality rate to 28 and maternal mortality ratio to 1 per 1000 live births
4 #educe Total Fertility #ate to 2.1
4 Provide clean drinking water Ior all by 2009 and ensure that there are no slip-backs
4 #educe malnutrition among children oI age group 0-3 to halI its present level
4 #educe anemia among women and girls by 50 by the end oI the plan
omen and Children
4 #aise the sex ratio Ior age group 0-6 to 935 by 2011-12 and to 950 by 2016-17
4 nsure that at least 33 percent oI the direct and indirect beneIiciaries oI all government schemes
are women and girl children
4 nsure that all children enjoy a saIe childhood, without any compulsion to work
InIrastructure
4 nsure electricity connection to all villages and BPL households by 2009 and round-the-clock
power.
4 nsure all-weather road connection to all habitation with population 1000 and above (500 in hilly
and tribal areas) by 2009, and ensure coverage oI all signiIicant habitation by 2015
4 Connect every village by telephone by November 2007 and provide broadband connectivity to all
villages by 2012
4 Provide homestead sites to all by 2012 and step up the pace oI house construction Ior rural poor to
cover all the poor by 2016-17
nvironment
4 Increase Iorest and tree cover by 5 percentage points.
4 ttain standards oI air quality in all major cities by 2011-12.
4 Treat all urban waste water by 2011-12 to clean river waters.
4 Increase energy eIIiciency by 20 percentage points by 2016-17.