Orissa 4th Five Year Plan Preliminary Memorandum

Abstract

Reduction in disparities in the levels of development of different regions of the country is an accepted major objective of Planning in India. Another major objective is maximisation of the rate of growth with a given order of investment. In practice, in areas lacking in suitable investment opportunities, these two principles conflict with each other. Fortunately for Orissa, nature has resolved this conflict by providing the State with mineral, forest and water resources in an abundant measure. Orissa presents a picture of immense opportunities of profitable investment on the one hand and a pressing need for raising the levels of living of the people on the other.