State Plan Proposals Eighth Five Year Plan (1990-95) Annual Plan (1991-92) Volume - I

Abstract

The 1990-91 Annual Plan proposal was prepared as part of the Eighth Five Year Plan and the proposals broadly indicated the rate of growth, outlay limit, resource mobilisation and plan methodology to le followed in the Eighth Plan. The Chief Minister, West Bengal in his speech delivered at the National Development Council meeting dated June 18 and 19, 1990 outlined the policies which should be pursued at the national level during the Eighth Plan. He also elaborated the Plan methodology which the State of West Bengal has been following now and will continue to follow in the future. The present write-up will place a review of the performance of the State’s economy during the Seventh Plan, estimate the growth rate of employment, reiterate the plan methodology from the text of the speech of the Chief Minister, mention the objectives of the Eighth Five Year Plan and present the targets for some of the major sectors of the economy.