Annual Plan 1972-73 (Planning Commission)

Abstract

From Introduction: It has been the usual practice to bring out the Annual Plan later in the financial year incorporating detailed material from the States and the Central Ministries on Plan projects and programmes. Departing from this practice the Annual Plan for 1972- 73 is being released as early as possible after the presentation of the Union Budget. This is intended to facilitate discussion in Parliament and to increase the operational utility of the document. Detailed provisions for Plan schemes included in the Central Budget are furnished in the Budget document entitled "‘Plan— Budget Link". The Annual Plan document provides a brief outline of the Plan as a whole with special chapters devoted to the Approach, Financing of the Plan and to the major schemes which have been augmented or included in the Plan to promote employment and greater social justice as part of reorientation of the Fourth Plan.