Eleventh Plan Achievements on Inclusive Growth

The following are some important indicators showing the extent to which the Eleventh Plan succeeded in fulfilling the objective of inclusive growth. (In some cases, where the data relate to the NSSO surveys, the time period for comparison is before and after 2004–05.)

• GDP growth in the Eleventh Plan 2007–08 to 2011–12 was 7.9% compared with 7.6% in the Tenth Plan (2002–03 to 2006–07) and only 5.7% in the Ninth Plan (1997–98 to 2001–02). The growth rate of 7.9% in the Eleventh Plan period is one of the highest of any country in that period which saw two global crises.
• Agricultural GDP ....