Earmark 60% of Plan funds for agriculture, rural development and irrigation
“We will earmark 60% of the Plan Funds for and effect public investment in agriculture, rural development, irrigation”
The verdict
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.
Rule applied: Not started: no action found after the deadline → 0
“Sixty per cent was the earmark; the plan tables stopped near twenty.”
Evidence timeline
- BudgetUndated· Ministry of Finance (Economic Survey 2005-06)supportsTable 2.10: Tenth Plan outlay by heads of development, 2002-07 and Annual Plans ↗
“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.”
- News24 Aug 1999· The TribunecontextNDA manifesto - long on promises, short on action (P. Raman) ↗
“...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”
More agriculture promises from this manifesto
Introduce effective crop insurance schemes
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Bring 20 million more hectares under irrigation in five years
“Twenty million hectares was the goal; the plan documents counted well under half.”
Promise ID nda-ls-1999-007 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON