Deputy Chairman
Planning Commission, Mr. Sartaj Aziz chaired the 3rd meeting of the
steering committee for the formulation of 12th Five Year Plan here
in Planning Commission.
Mr. Sartaj Aziz
said that Planning Commission is working on the formulation of 12th
Five Year Plan in consultations with the provinces as after 18th
amendment of the Constitution various subjects have been devolved to the
provinces. “12th Five Year Plan would serve as an umbrella and will
coordinate the progress of implementation once the socio-economic objectives
have been approved by the National Economic Council” he added.
He also said that
12th Five Year plan would make efforts to incorporate the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 approved by a United Nations
Summit in September 2015.
The meeting of
the steering committee was held to discuss the broad socio-economic objectives
of the 12th Five Year Plan which includes sustained growth, climate
change challenges, clean energy, agricultural productivity, infrastructure
development and industrial revival. The draft document would be presented
before the upcoming meeting of the National Economic Council.
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