{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.621Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-007","text":"Earmark 60% of Plan funds for agriculture, rural development and irrigation","quote":"We will earmark 60% of the Plan Funds for and effect public investment in agriculture, rural development, irrigation","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"agriculture","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"not_started","rating":0,"ratingRule":"not_started","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"No 60% earmarking was found. In the Tenth Plan (2002-07), agriculture, rural development and irrigation together got about 18.7% of outlay, and about 19.3% in the 2003-04 Annual Plan.","evidence":[{"date":null,"sourceType":"budget","publisher":"Ministry of Finance (Economic Survey 2005-06)","title":"Table 2.10: Tenth Plan outlay by heads of development, 2002-07 and Annual Plans","url":"https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget_archive/es2005-06/chapt2006/tab210.pdf","quote":"Percentage distribution: Tenth Plan 2002-07 - Agriculture 3.9, Rural development 8.0, Irrigation and flood control 6.8; Annual Plan 2003-04 (RE) - 3.9, 8.9, 6.5.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1999-08-24","sourceType":"news","publisher":"The Tribune","title":"NDA manifesto - long on promises, short on action (P. Raman)","url":"https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug24/edit.htm","quote":"...offer of a consensual mode of governance and 60 per cent plan funds for agriculture — all that had figured verbatim in the old national agenda","stance":"context"}],"tags":["plan-outlay","agriculture"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":"Sixty per cent was the earmark; the plan tables stopped near twenty.","review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}