Draft Annual Plan 1994-95. Chandigarh

Abstract

As per guidelines received from the Planning Commissions, the broad objectives of the Government of India's Approach/priorities of the 8th plan were kept in view which are reflected as under: (i) Employment generation. (ii) Containment of Population growth; (iii) (iv) (iii) Universalisation of elementary education, complete eradication of illiteracy among people of the age group of 15-35 years; (iv) Eradication of scavenging and provision of safe drinking water, health care immunisation of villages; (v) Growth and decentralisation of agriculture to achieve self sufficiency, food generation of surplus for export; (vi) Strengthening of infrastructure facilities i.e. energy, transport, communication and irrigation in order to support the process of growth in a suitable manner; (vii) Effective decentralisation, encouragement of local initiatives, elementary efforts etc;