GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN THE FIVE YEAR PLANS
| PLAN | TARGET | ACTUAL |
| First Plan (1951-56) | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Second Plan (1956-61) | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| Third Plan (1961-66) | 5.6 | 2.7 |
| Fourth Plan (1969-74) | 5.7 | 2.0 |
| Fifth Plan (1974-79) | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Sixth Plan (1980-85) | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| Seventh Plan (1985-90) | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Eighth Plan (1992-97) | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| Ninth Plan (1997-2000) | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| Tenth Plan (2002-2007) | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| Eleventh Plan (2007-2012) | 9.0 | — |
12 FIVE YEAR PLAN
- The Broad vision and aspirations which the Twelfth Plan seeks to fulfill are reflected in the subtitle ‘Faster, Sustainable and More Inclusive Growth’.
- The Approach Paper to the Twelfth Plan, approved by the National Development Council (NDC) in 2011, had set a target of 9% average growth of GDP over the plan period (2012 to 2017).