The plan decides for immediate implementation of all the policies formulated in the past. The primary aim of the plan is to renovate the nation extensively making it competent enough with some of the fastest growing economies across the globe. The tenth Five Year Plan was framed with the main aim of improving quality of life of the people by setting the following objectives.
Objectives
Reduction of poverty ratio from 26% to 21% (by 5 per cent points) by 2007.
Providing gainful employment to at least keep pace with addition to the labour force.
All children to be in school by 2003 and all children to complete five years schooling by 2007.
Reducing gender gaps in literacy and image rates by 50%.
To reduce population growth from 21.3% in 2001 to 16.2% in 2011.
Literacy rate to increase from 65% in 1999-2000 to 75% by 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.
Providing potable drinking water in all villages.
Increase in forest and tree cover to 25 per cent by 2007 and 33 per cent by 2012.
Cleaning of all major polluted rivers by 2007 and other notified stretches by 2012.
Achievements
Private sector investment revived after a long phase of dormancy.
The plan gave a favourable climate for the development of Foreign Direct investment.
Participants