Five Year Plans

Five Year Plans

Centrally sponsored Five year plans (FYPs) are integrated national economic programs. India launched its first FYP in 1951 after the independence under the influence of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The First Five Year Plan was one of the most important because it had a great role in India's development. Health as an important factor in the utilization of the manpower and the uplifting the development of the country, health programmes were given considerable importance in the Five Year Plans. The main objectives of the health programmes are the control or eradication of major communicable diseases, strengthening of the basic health services, population control and the development of health manpower resources. 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) aims to raise the average economic growth rate to 9% from 7.6% during 10th Five Year Plan.

Eleventh Five Year Plan

The Eleventh Five Year Plan provides an opportunity to restructure policies to achieve good health for the people, especially the poor and the under-privileged. The 11th Five year Plan will give special consideration to adolescent girls, women of all ages, children below the age of 3, older persons, disabled and tribal groups.

Goals to by Achieved by the 11th Five Year Plan

·  Reduction of MMR to 1 per 1000 live births.

·  Reducing IMR to 28 per 1000 live births.

·  Reducing Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1.

·  4. Provision of clean drinking water for all by 2009.

·  Reducing the Malnutrition among the children age group of 0-3 years

·  Reducing the anaemia among women and children by 50%.

Twelfth five year plan

The twelfth five year plan emphasized more on the strengthening of the health system

Goals:

Universal access to services

·  Safe drinking water and sanitation

·  Wholesome nutrition

·  Basic education and safe housing

·  Hygienic environment

Targets to be achieved

·  Reduce IMR to 25 by 2017

·  Reduce MMR to 100 by 2017

·  Reduce TFR to 2.1

·  Prevent and reduce anemia among women to 28%

·  Prevent and reduce burden of communicable diseases and non communicable diseases

NITI Aayog

After the completion of 12th five year plan, NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India) takes up the planning and programming of the health sector functioning.

It was formed in January 1, 2015. It is the ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India. It provides both directional and policy inputs. It designs policies, programmes and strategies for the Government of India.