TENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN
INTRODUCTION: When India gained independence, its economy was groveling in dust. The British had left the Indian economy crippled and the fathers of development formulated 5 years plan to develop the Indian economy. The five years plan in India is framed, executed and monitored by the Planning Commission of India. Currently, India is in its 11th five year plan. The Tenth Five Year Plan India (2002-2007) aims to transform the country into the fastest growing economy of the world and targets an annual economic growth of 10%. This was decided after India registered a 7% GDP growth consistently over the last decade. This GDP growth of 7% is much higher than the world's average GDP growth rate. Thus, the Planning Commission of India sought to stretch the limit and set targets which would propel India to the super league of industrially developed countries.
Emphasis was laid on corporate transparency and It sought to reduce poverty ratio by 5 percentage
improving the infrastructure.
points by 2007and increase in literacy rates to 75 per cent by the end of the plan.
Increase in forest and tree cover to 25 per cent by 2007
and all villages to have sustained access to potable drinking water. In a nutshell, the Tenth Five Year Plan India envisages
More investor friendly flexible economic reforms Creation of congenial investment environment Encourage private sector involvement Setting up state-of-the-art infrastructure Capacity building in industry Corporate transparency Mobilizing and optimizing all financial resources Implementation of friendly industrial policy instruments
OBJECTIVES: The main objectives of the 10th Five-Year Plan were:
Reduction of poverty ratio by 5 percentage points by 2007;
Providing gainful and high-quality employment at least to the addition to the labour force; All children in India in school by 2003; all children to complete 5 years of schooling by 2007; Reduction in gender gaps in literacy and wage rates by at least 50% by 2007;
Reduction in the decadal rate of population growth between 2001 and 2011 to 16.2%; Increase in Literacy Rates to 75 per cent within the Tenth Plan period (2002 to 2007); Reduction of Infant mortality rate (IMR) to 45 per 1000 live births by 2007 and to 28 by 2012; Reduction of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to 2 per 1000 live births by 2007 and to 1 by 2012; Increase in forest and tree cover to 25 per cent by 2007 and 33 per cent by 2012; All villages to have sustained access to potable drinking water within the Plan period; Cleaning of all major polluted rivers by 2007 and other notified stretches by 2012;
Economic Growth further accelerated during this period and crosses over 8% by 2006.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN: NEW DELHI: Following are the highlights of the 10th Five Year Plan approved by the National Development Council (NDC): 8 per cent average GDP growth for the period 2002-07 Creation of 50 million employment opportunities in the next 5 years Reduction of poverty ratio by 5 percentage points by 2007 and by 15 percentage points by 2012
Emphasis to be placed on completion of partially completed or on-going projects and upgradation of existing capital assets before starting new projects Rapid privatisation of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), particularly those, which are working well below capacity The policy of disinvestment of public sector undertakings should be pursued so as to enable the realisation of Rs 16,000 crore per annum to finance the plan Progressive reduction in fertiliser subsidy as well as elimination of petroleum subsidy Food subsidy should be better targeted through targeted public distribution system and specific programmes for the poor like Food for Work Programme Curtailment of pay and allowance bill of the Government All children in school by 2003; all children to complete 5 years of schooling by 2007 Reduction in gender gaps in literacy and wage rates by at least 50 per cent by 2007 Reduction in the decadal rate of population growth between 2001 and 2011 to 16.2 per cent Increase in literacy rates to 75 per cent within the Plan period Increase in forest and tree cover t 25 per cent by 2007 and 33 per cent by 2012 All villages to have sustained access to potable drinking water within the Plan period
Legal and procedural changes for facilitating quick transfer of assets, including such measures as repeal of Sick Industrial Companies (SPecial Provision) Act (SICA), introduction of a bankruptcy law, facilitating foreclosure, accelerating judicial processes Lower tariffs on imports to remove anti-export bias Rationalisation of the domestic tax structure, and the consequent simplification of the export promotion regime Evolve a positive agenda for its future negotiations at the WTO Improving tax/GDP ratio of the Centre and states through inclusion of services in tax base, removal of tax exemptions and concessions, harmonisation of tax rates, tightening of tax administration, and adopting an integrated VAT regime Reduction of budget-based subsidies by raising user charges of departmental services, reducing expenditure by cutting administrative and establishment cost and privatisation and through Centre's initiative switching over to ad valorem rates of royalty on minerals Reducing staff strength through adoption of policy of net attrition and constituting a pension and amortisation fund to make committed payments like terminal benefits and debt servicing, self-financing Enacting a 'Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management' bill under which borrowings shall be restricted to attain a non-rising debt to GDP ratio from current levels in order to
reduce the burden of interest payments Improving internal resources of states' PSUs by implementing power sector reforms and reducing the burden of contingent liabilities on state budgets through a legislative or administrative ceiling on the issue of state guarantees Simplifying laws and procedures for investment Eliminating inter-state barriers to trade and commerce Reforming development financial institutions for long- term financing of small and medium enterprises Removal of government and Reserve Bank of India restrictions on financing of stocking and trading Calibration of the cost of borrowed funds for enhancing competitiveness Essential Commodities Act should be repealed and replaced by an emergency act Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment so as to achieve the annual target of 7.5 billion dollars Exemptions under corporate tax should be progressively eliminated Single excise rate Expansion of service tax net Alignment should be made of customs tariff rates with average Asian rates Exemptions and concessions that distort the tariff structure should be eliminated Improvement of the operational efficiency of railways and
power sector units Reduction in staff strength and constitution of a pension and amortisation fund to make committed payments like terminal benefits and debt servicing self-financing User charges must be raised to cost-recover levels Project based assistance needs to be encouraged Rationalisation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) and Central Sector Schemes (CSs) using zero based budgeting Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority needed to oversee the pricing of passenger and freight traffic services Opening of civil aviation sector and setting up a regulatory framework for the sector Adoption of integrated approach to improvement in agriculture sector by utilising waste and degraded lands
SECTORS AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN 10TH 5YR PLAN:
Important sectors covered by the government in this 10th 5yr plan are as follows: Education Youth and sports Women welfare programmes Employment opportunities
Encouragement of NGOs activities.
ACHIEVEMENTS
The highlights of the achievements of this Ministry are as follows:
The allocation of funds for various schemes/programmes for tribal development has been increased from Rs. 630 crore in 1999-2000 to Rs. 810 crore in 2000-2001 and Rs. 1040 crore in 2001-2002, representing an increased of 65% over the year 1999-2000. A National Scheduled Tribes Financial and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) has been set up with an authorised share capital of Rs. 500 crore. NSTFDC is an apex institution for financing economically viable projects for Scheduled Tribes and extends financial assistance at concessional rate for income-generating schemes costing upto Rs. 10 lakh per unit, provides grants for skill development programmes for STs and fill the unit, provides grants for skill development programmes for STs and fill the critical gaps by providing backward and forward linkages for activities undertaken by STs whose family income does not exceed double the poverty line income limit. Level of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan of States/Uts increased from Rs. 400 crore in 2000-2001 to Rs. 500 crore in 2001-2002. Close monitoring is being done to ensure full and proper utilization of the funds provided to the States/U.Ts. Level of grant-in-aid to States under art. 275(1) of the Constitution increased from Rs. 200 crore in 2000-01 to Rs. 300 crore in 2001-2002. Major shift in the procedure for release of grants has been made. Grants are now released
for specific infrastructure and other projects after discussion with the State Governments to achieve better targeting of the expenditure. 100 Residential Schools proposed to be set up during the 9th Plan period by utilising part of the allocation for grant-in-aid under art. 275(1) of the Constitution, to improve the quality of education being imparted to tribal students. 75 Residential Schools have already been sanctioned, out of which 12 schools are already under operation. Funds provided to State Governments/Uts for construction/improvement of about 1400 kms of roads in tribal areas, 250 staff quarters for schools, 200 school and hostel buildings 1600 class rooms, 50 community centres, and also for drinking water facility, rural electrification, culverts/cause-ways and rural irrigation projects. During Tenth Five Year Plan, about 510 projects of NGos were provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs.146.16 Crore under the scheme of "Grant-in-aid to Voluntary Organizations" which benefited about 4.63 lakh scheduled tribe people. Encouragement is being given to performing NGOs by entrusting need based projects in service deficient tribal areas . For the development of Primitive Tribal Groups, Rs. 105.03 Crore were released during Tenth Five Year Plan for various activities viz. housing, land distribution, land development,
education, agriculture/horticulture development, health, etc. taken up through State Governments and NGOs. Besides this, lives of heads of 409500 number of PTG families were insured under "Janshree Beema Yojanna" of Life Insurance Corporation of India. Post-Matric Scholarship for pursuing post-matriculation courses, including professional, technical and nonprofessional/non-technical courses extended to Rs. 3.66 lakh ST students during 2000-2001. Construction of 92 boys and 40 girls hostels sanctioned. Construction of 36 Ashram Schools sanctioned Durings Tenth Five Year Plan, total 29113 ST youths were provided vocational training through State Government and NGO run institutions (21583 youths trained through States and 7530 through NGOs) with a financial support of Rs. 30.63 Crore (Rs.24.35 Crore to States and Rs.6.28 Crore to NGOs). During Tenth Five Year Plan, 84 educational complexes for Scheduled Tribe (ST) girls were supported in identified low literacy districts through NGOs and autonomous societies of the State Governments, with an amount of Rs.33.34 Crore which benefited 9646 ST girls. In order to secure higher earning and generate employment opportunity to the tribals, the Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) procured and marketed minor
forest produce in the order of Rs. 76 crore and Rs. 78 crore during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 respectively CONCLUSION: Thus in this tenth 5 yr plan the government has achieved its goals in selected sectors and further continuation of the plans of the other sectors are taken into consideration by the government.
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Social Work Profession Assignment 1 Topic: Tenth Five Year Plan (20th October 2009)
By N.Suriya Karthic k S.
