Draft Third Five Year Plan Assam, Planning and Development Department

Abstract

The National Third Plan represents another important phase in the development of the country’s economy. Its broad aims and objectives as given in the Draft National Third Five Year Plan of the Planning Commission are: To secure during the next five year period a rise in national income of over 5 per cent per annum, the pattern of investment being designed also to sustain that rate of growth during the subsequent Plan periods ; To achieve self-sufficiency in food grains and to increase agricultural production to meet the requirements of industry and exports : To expand basic industries like steel, fuel and power, and establish machine building capacity, so that the requirements of further industrialisation can be met within a period of ten years or so mainly from the country’s own resources ; To utilise to the fullest extent possible the man power resources of the. country and to ensure a substantial expansion in employment opportunities ; and To bring about a reduction of inequalities in income and wealth, and a more even distribution of economic power.