Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07)

During the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the main emphasis was on:

(i) the modernisation, technology upgrading, reducing transaction costs, and increased export;

(ii) to enhance export and to increase global competitiveness; and

(iii) to achieve balanced regional development.

To achieve these objectives and reduce the regional inequalities Special Economic Zones (SEZs) policy has been adopted. Moreover, industrial packages have been given to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand. In addition to these, production of basic foods, capital goods, intermediate goods, and consumer goods has been encouraged.