Parliamentary Committee scrutinizes 12th Five Year Plan document

22 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Parliamentary Standing Committee, headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on January 21 scrutinized the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) document that aims to achieve average growth rate of 8%. The committee discussed the document with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and other members of the Commission that besides achieving 8% growth rate, aims to generate 50 million new jobs and increase investments in the infrastructure sector. Further, there will be another round of meeting and after that the Committee will finalize its report.

Last month, the country's apex policy making body National Development Council (NDC) had approved the 12th Plan strategy document. The 12th plan document has projected 6.7% growth rate in the current fiscal. However, the finance ministry has projected GDP expansion at 5.7-5.9% in 2012-13. The document has also pegged the aggregate Plan resources at Rs 37.16 lakh crore during the five year period starting 2012-13.

Further, the other target of the 12th plan includes increasing green cover by one million hectare every year and adding 30,000 MW of renewable energy generation capacity in the Plan period. The Plan also seeks to reduce emission intensity of the GDP in line with the target of 20-25 reduction by 2020 over 2005 levels. Additionally, the full Plan period also aims to increase the manufacturing sector growth to 10% and agriculture output to 4%. The 12th plan also wants all the states to set higher targets of growth than what was achieved in the 11th Five Year Plan. It also includes Centre's assistance to various states and Union Territories Plans.

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