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FOREWORD Five Year Plans are the milestones in the development path of the country. India has successfully adopted planning as a strategy for the last five and a half decades in improving the quality of life of its citizens. The success of planning lies in the uplift of the common man. States have been playing a constructive role in enacting and implementing socio-economic and welfare programmes, thus contributing to the over all development process in India. Compared with other States, Tamil Nadu has been in the forefront in ensuring social justice and growth. In recent years agricultural growth has stagnated. In the Eleventh Plan, the State will have to pay particular attention to revitalizing the agricultural sector. Social security systems should be strengthened so that no one is excluded from the growth process. The evolution of a broad consensus on the targets and the approach to the 11th Plan will strengthen the development process. Towards this objective, the Tamil Nadu Planning Commission places its Approach Paper before the public for discussion. I invite suggestions from intellectuals, political leaders, experts in various fields, social activists and all citizens interested in the welfare of Tamil Nadu. Dr. M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister Chennai November, 2006
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