Draft Seventh Five Year Plan 1985-90 and Annual Plan 1985-86 Vol-I Introduction and GN Statements Government of Tripura

Abstract

Even though a number of developmental schemes were taken up in different sectors, following the attainment of Statehood, Tripura remains at the end of the Sixth Five Year Plan very far behind the developed States of the country. The reasons are not far to seek. The State, with an area of 10,477 sq. kms . is among the smallest in the country. The population however is the second highest in the North Eastern Region, being next only to Assam. The resultant density of population of coupled with an inadequate quantum of cultivable land has led to increasing pressures in the agricultural sector.