Report of the Working Group on Savings for the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) February 2002

Abstract

There is an imperative need for sustaining comparatively high rates of growth in an environment of stable prices during the Tenth Five Year Plan period (2002 to 2007). Against this backdrop, it is expedient to inquire whether savings required to sustain the envisioned growth rates are adequate. An assessment of the behaviour of savings across diverse sectors of the economy and of the potential cross-boarder net inflows is a critical and mandatory' exercise, in this context. Planners will secure insights about the objective dimensions of investment that could be assumed on the basis of projection of realistic rates of savings over the plan period