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ClearIAS » Economics Notes » 12th Five Year Plan 2012-17 Targets

12th Five Year Plan 2012-17 Targets

Last updated on April 28, 2013 by Alex Andrews George

12th Five Year Plan 2012-17 as per the draft document released by the Planning Commission aims at a growth rate of 8%. This is the revised rate when compared to the initial approach paper. Other targets of the Twelfth Five Year Plan in different sectors are listed below.

Vision of 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)

Twelfth Five Year Plan focuses on Growth – Growth which is

  • Faster
  • Inclusive
  • Sustainable

25 Core Monitorable Targets of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17)

Economic Growth
  • Real GDP growth at 8%.
  • Agriculture growth at 4%.
  • Manufacturing growth at 10%.
  • Every state must attain higher growth rate than the rate achieved during 11th plan.
Poverty and Employment
  • Poverty rate to be reduced by 10% than the rate at the end of 11th plan.
  • 5 Crore new work opportunities and skill certifications in non-farm sector.
Education
  • Mean years of schooling to increase to 7 years.
  • 20 lakh seats for each age bracket in higher education.
  • End gender gap and social gap in school enrollment.
Health
  • Reduce : IMR to 25; MMR to 1. Increase Child Sex Ratio to 950.
  • Reduce Total Fertility Rate to 2.1
  • Reduce under nutrition of children in age group 0-3 to half of NFHS-3 levels.
Infrastructure
  • Investment in Infrastructure at 9% of GDP
  • Gross Irrigated Area 103 million hectare (from 90 million hectare)
  • Electricity to all villages; Reduce AT&C losses by 20%.
  • Connect Villages with All Weather Roads
  • National and State high ways to a minimum of 2 lane standard.
  • Complete Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors.
  • Rural Tele-Density to 70%.
  • 40 Litres Per Capita Per Day Drinking Water to 50% of rural population; Nirmal Gram Status to 50% of all Gram Panchayats.
Environment and Sustainability
  • Increase green cover by 1 million hectare every year.
  • 30,000 MW renewable energy during Five Year Period.
  • Emission intensity of GDP to be reduced to 20-25% of 2005 levels by 2020.
Service Delivery
  • Banking Services to 90% of Indian Households.
  • Subsidies and Welfare related payment to be routed through Aadhar based Direct Cash Transfer Scheme.
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  1. Nancy Kanwar says

    August 8, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Really helpful!!!

    Reply
  2. Praveen says

    August 20, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Good material posted.it’s Amazing.

    Reply
  3. shivakumar says

    September 9, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    Excellent notes…
    Thank you..

    Reply
  4. Sathya says

    September 14, 2016 at 10:57 am

    Very precisely made in simple words and its really useful. Thank you.

    Reply
  5. Suji says

    February 12, 2017 at 9:26 pm

    Its really useful…. excellent notes…. thank u so much…

    Reply
  6. Shubham Tiwari says

    February 23, 2017 at 2:33 pm

    It’s amazing..really easy to understand..✌

    Reply
  7. DEV GUPTA says

    June 25, 2017 at 12:55 am

    EXCELLENT

    Reply
  8. d k says

    September 17, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    What is achieved growth rate of 12 th five year plan

    Reply
  9. sona says

    January 3, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    it was a good one but need little exanple that it thank you .

    Reply
  10. Scientist says

    January 9, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Very Helpful
    Thank you

    Reply
  11. Nithesh says

    March 18, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Hi, did we achieve the 12th FYP targets? How much is the growth rate we achieved?

    Reply
  12. Abhijith says

    April 10, 2018 at 10:22 pm

    Superb

    Reply
  13. Diksha says

    April 29, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    superb

    Reply
  14. BABUL TANTI says

    May 31, 2018 at 10:59 pm

    But still remains unsuccessful in Assam..Why?

    Reply
  15. BABUL TANTI says

    May 31, 2018 at 11:00 pm

    i.e. Electrification in all villages.

    Reply
  16. Subham Roy says

    January 14, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    Brilliant sir very helpful notes

    Reply
  17. Javaid Ahmad Najar says

    July 1, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    Target growth is mentioned while as the achieved growth is not which is mandatory to mention.

    Reply

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