(a) the recommendations/suggestions made in the Mid-Term Appraisal of the Tenth Plan;
(b) whether all State Governments agreed to implement the recommendations/suggestions made in the Mid-Term Appraisal;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor;
(e) whether the issue of raising the cash component under the food for work programme has been discussed; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (SHRI M.V. RAJASEKHARAN)
(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK
SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 340 REGARDING MID-TERM
APPRAISAL OF TENTH PLAN BY SHRI E. PONNUSWAMY DUE FOR
ANSWER ON 17.08.2005.
(a): The recommendations / suggestions made in the Mid-Term Appraisal of Tenth
Plan have been listed in the Appendix of the Mid-Term Appraisal Document of the
Tenth Five Year Plan which has already been placed in the library as well as the
publication counter of the Parliament.
(b) to (d): The National Development Council with consensus expressed broad
agreement with the goals and policies suggested in the Mid-Term Appraisal which
could act as a blue print for further action on development matters in the Tenth Plan
and as the starting point for initiating work on the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The
Planning Commission was directed to examine a number of valuable suggestions
made by Chief Ministers during the course of discussions which require a review of
some of the policies, programmes and approaches.
(e) & (f): While discussing the Employment Guarantee Act, the NDC noted the
suggestions that payment of wages should be mostly in cash since there were
problems in movement of food grains to backward areas and directed to consider it
for inclusion in the final draft of the National Employment Guarantee Bill.