India: The Tenth Plan

The Energy section of Gov’t of India’s 10th 5-year plan includes increasing the production of coal and electricity, accelerated exploration for hydrocarbons, and alternative fuels such as CBM, equity oil abroad, introduction of reforms through restructuring/deregulation of the energy sector to promote growth through increased efficiency and competitiveness, demand management through the introduction of energy efficient technologies/processes and appliances with product quality requirements and standards and emissions norms on par with international standards.

Date Implemented: 2002-2007

Status: In Force

Targets: 8% GDP growth rate (become an economic superpower) Developmental Targets: 1. increase in forest and tree cover to 25% by 2007 and 33% by 2012 (from 23% in 2003) 2. sustained access to potable drinking water to all villages by 2007 3. electrify 62,000 villages by 2007 through conventional grid expansion, the remaining 18,000 by 2012 through decentralized non-conventional sources like solar, wind, small hydro and biomass 4. cleaning of all major polluted rivers by 2007 and other notified stretches by 2012 5. expeditious reformulation of the fiscal management system to make it more appropriate of for the changed context.

References: The Tenth Plan http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html