PM sets 10 pc GDP target in 11th Plan

New Delhi: Aiming to catapult India into a fast growing developing economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday set a 10 per cent economic growth target by the end of the 11th plan, based on a prescription encompassing doubling of farm growth and massive employment opportunities.

"The 11th plan is going to be historic in many ways we could have not asked for a better start. We would be finally emerging into the front ranks of fast growing developing countries," he said, chairing a meeting of the full Planning Commission to discuss the approach to the 11th plan.

He also pointed out that priority on resources would be given to agriculture and social sector development.