Draft Five Year Plan 1978-83 Volume - I

Abstract

From Planning in Retrospect: The prospects of Kerala’s future economic growth are closely linked with the structure and content of the planning process of past years and the special features of the State’s economy as well as its resource endowments. Though the economy of the State has registered marked progress in different directions as a result of the implementation of the past five year plans, no significant dent could yet be made into our twin problems of poverty and growing unemployment. Also in regard to matters like food deficit and regional disparities, removal of which were assigned a high priority in the past plans, it has not been possible to create any favourable and worthwhile impact so far. This situation becomes a little disturbing when one takes into account the fact that in financial terms, there has been a progressive improvement in achievement from plan to plan as compared with the targets.