The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007)
a) Objectives:
- The main objective of the Tenth Plan was to alleviate poverty by mobilizing optimally the means and resources on the mutual participation of government, local agencies, non-governmental sectors, private sector and civil society to extend economic opportunities and open new ones enlarging employment opportunities.
- widen the access to means and economic achievements for women, Dalits, peoples of remote areas and poor and backward groups through programmes like empowerment, human development, security and targeted projects thereby improve the status of overall economic, human and social indicator.
b) Targets:
- Bring down the then estimated 42 percent of the people living under poverty line to 38 percent by the end of the plan.
- Other targets were fixed such as to boost up literacy rate to 70 percent, to lower the infant mortality rate to 45 per thousand, to increase average life expectancy to 62 years, to extend safe drinking water service to 85 percent of population, electricity service to 55 percent of population and to extend telephone services to all VDCs.
- The expected growth rate was estimated at 6.2 percent.
- under lower cases the target were set to be limited to 4.3 percent.
Table: Major social targets
|
Particulars |
Tenth Plan (final year) |
|
|
Growth rate of 6.2 percent |
Growth rate of 4.3 percent |
|
|
Infant Morality rate(/thousand) |
45 |
47 |
|
Total fertility rate (percent) |
3.5 |
3.6 |
|
Maternity morality rate(per hundred thousand) |
300 |
315 |
|
Rate of Contraceptive users |
47 |
46 |
|
Obstetric services by trained manpower |
18 |
14 |
|
Average Life Expectancy (yr) |
65 |
64 |
|
Net enrolment in primary education (above 6 year, percent) |
90 |
89 |
|
Literacy (above 6 years percent) |
70 |
68 |
|
Literacy (above 15 years percent) |
63 |
61 |
|
Formal literacy (above 15 years, percent) |
55 |
53 |
|
Safe drinking water (benefited population percent) |
85 |
83 |
|
Population growth rate(percent) |
2.1 |
21 |
|
Population under poverty line(percent) |
30 |
33 |
|
Human development indicator |
0.517 |
0.512 |
|
Human poverty indicator |
34 |
34.52
|
Table: Major targets of physical infrastructure
|
Particulars |
Growth rate of 6.2 percent |
Growth rate of 4.3 percent |
|
Districts with road net-work |
70 |
70 |
|
Area under irrigation (hectare) |
1417 |
1375 |
|
Telephone distribution (pop.) |
40 |
36 |
|
VDCs with telephone service |
All VDCs |
3590 |
|
VDCs with computer net-work |
1500 |
1275 |
|
Population having electricity service |
55 |
53 |
|
VDCs with electricity service |
2600 |
2450 |
|
Agriculture and rural road (km) |
10000 |
8500 |
Strategies
- High, sustainable and broader economic growth.
- Social sectors and rural infrastructure development.
- Targeted programs
- Good governance
Area with Special Thrust
a) Agriculture development, sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity
b) Rural infrastructure development and rural energy.
c) Population management, social service and basic social securities.
d) Under the role of private sector, development of tourism, water resources, information technology, industrial and commercial sector.
e) Human resource development and women empowerment.
f) The targeted programs for upliftment, employment and basic security of Dalits, indigenous people and disabled class.
g) Strengthening of local bodies. Non-government and community based organization (NGOs, CBOs)
h) Thrust of Area wise development and remote areas
i) Use of better high-tech technology in rural area
j) Reform and assurance of good government
k) Protection and conservation of environment
l) Development of national and regional infrastructures
Budget
- The Tenth Plan had estimated 277.9 billion for the regular expenditure and Rs. 178.4 billion for the development expenditure. The total expenditure was, thus Rs. 456.3 billion at the constant price of FY 2001/02 for the normal economic growth rate.