In the Approach Paper to the Tenth Five Year Plan for the period 2002-2007, the government has recognized that mere economic growth is not enough and that development must be defined in broader terms of human being enhancement (11). The Tenth Plan has thus outlined a set of monitor able targets to achieve its objectives:

Reduction of poverty ratio by 5 percentage points by 2007 and by 15 percentage points by 2012;
Providing gainful high-quality employment to the labour force over the tenth Plan period;
All children in school by 2003; all children to complete 5 years of schooling by 2007;
Reduction of gender gaps in literacy and wages rates by at least 50 per cent by2007.
Reduction in decadal rate of population growth between 2001 and 2011 to 16.2 per cent Increase in literacy rate to 75 per cent with in the Plan period;
Reduction of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 45 per 1000 live births by 2007 and to 28 by 2012.
Increase in forest and tree cover to 25 per cent by 2007 and 33 per cent by 2012.
All villages to have sustained access to portable drinking water within the Plan period.
Cleaning of major polluted rivers by 2007 and other notified stretches by 2012(12).
As indicated, these targets relate to good environmental performance and governance, highlighting how cross-cutting environment management issues.