Working Groups /Steering Committees / Task Force
for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).

Disclaimer : “The recommendations contained in the Working Group/Steering Committee/Task Force Reports are those of respective Ministries/Deptts. and not those of Planning Commission. Planning Commission’s views will be firmed up and expressed in the 11th Five Year Plan document.”

In the context of the formulation of Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012), the following sectorwise WORKING GROUPS/STEERING COMMITTEES/TASK FORCE have been set up by Planning Commission, to make recommendations on various policy matters.


Agriculture Backward Classes Communication & Information Development Policy Education Environment & Forests Financial Resources Health & Family Welfare Housing & Urban Development Industry & Minerals Labour, Employment and Manpower Multi Level Planning	Power & Energy, Energy Policy and Rural Energy Programme Evaluation Organisation Rural Development Social Justice & Women Empowerment Science & Technology State Plans Tourism Transport Village & Small Enterprises Voluntary Action Cell Water Resources Women and Child Development International Economics


1	Agriculture	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Horticulture, Plantation Crops and Organic Farming : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Agriculture Extension : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Agro-climatic Zonal Planning including Agricultural Development in North Eastern India : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure and Policy required for Internal and External Trade : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Crop Husbandry, Agricultural Inputs, Demand and Supply Projections and Agricultural Statistics : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Natural Resource Management: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Animal Husbandary and Dairying: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Fisheries : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Agricultural Research and Education : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Risk Management in Agriculture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Gender Issues, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Public Private Partnership, Innovative Finance and Micro Finance in Agriculture: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Outreach of Institutional Finance & Cooperative Reforms : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Agriculture and Allied Sectors : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file
	Sub-groups
	Gender and Agriculture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Land Related Issues And Agriculture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file PPP, PR Institutions and NGOs in Agriculture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Innovative and Micro finance : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file

2.	Backward Classes	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Empowerment of Other Backward Classes : CONSTITUTION Empowerment of Minorities : CONSTITUTION Empowerment of Scheduled Castes (SCs) : CONSTITUTION Reforming the Social Deviants and Caring the Other Disadvantaged : CONSTITUTION Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes (SCs) : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Empowerment of SCs, OBCs and Minorities : CONSTITUTION Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes (SCs) : CONSTITUTION

3.	Communication & Information	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Information and Broadcasting : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Information Technology: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Post : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Telecom: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Communications and Information : CONSTITUTION

4.	Development Policy	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Entitlement reform for empowering the poor: The Integrated Smart Card Report (ISC) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Competitive Micro-Credit Market in India : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Food and Nutrition Security : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Micro Finance & Poverty Alleviation : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

5.	Education	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Development of Education of SC/ST/ Minorities/ Girls/and other Disadvantaged Groups : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Technical Education : CONSTITUTION Higher Education : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Language Development and Book Promotion : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Secondary and Vocational Education : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Sports and Physical Education : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Adolescents' Development and Sports & Youth Affairs : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Basic Education and Literacy : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Art and Culture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Secondary, Higher and Technical Education : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report:PDF file Youth Affairs & Sports : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Art and Culture : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file Elementary Education & Literacy : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file

6.	Environment & Forests	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Environment and Environmental Regulatory Mechanisms for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Forests for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Wildlife, biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and animal welfare for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Research, education, training, capacity building and information management for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Rivers, lakes, and aquifers for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file
	Steering Committee
	Environment, Forests & Wildlife and Animal Welfare : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file
	Task Force
	Task Force on Urban Environmental Issues for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Task Force on Social and Economic Aspects of Conservation and Restoration for the Environment & Forests Sector: CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Task Force on Mountain Ecosystems for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Task Force on Islands, Corals, Mangroves & Wetlands for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Task Force on Biodiversity & Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Task Force on Grasslands and Deserts for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Task Force on Governance, Transparency & Participation and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Environment & Forests Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file Task force on formulating action plan for removal of Arsenic Contamination in West Bengal : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: MS Word - PDF file

7.	Financial Resources	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	The Assessment of the Centre's Financial Resources : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file State's Financial Resources : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :MS Word : PDF file Savings : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report: PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Financial Resource : CONSTITUTION
	Sub-groups
	Setup under Working Group on Savings : a) Sub-group on flow of private investment of SME and Agriculture Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file b) Sub-group on inflow of Foreign Saving : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file c) Sub-group on Public Sector's Draft on Private Sector Saving : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file d) Sub-group on Household Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file e) Sub-group on Private Corporate Sector Saving : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :ZIP(MS Word) : PDF file Setup under Working Group on State's Financial Resources: a) Sub-group on Tax Resources : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word : PDF file b) Sub-Group on Expenditure of States : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word : PDF file c) Sub-group on Resources Other than tax revenues of states : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word : PDF file


8.	Health & Family Welfare	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Health Informatics including Tele-Medicine : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report :: MS Word - PDF file Public Health Services (including Water & Sanitation) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Health on Women and Children : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Health Systems Research, Biomedical Research & Development and Regulation of Drugs and Therapeutics : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Population stabilization : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Integrating nutrition with health : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Clinical Establishments, Professional Services Regulation and Accreditation of Health Care Infrastructure : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Access to Health Systems including AYUSH : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Health Care Financing including Health Insurance : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Public Private Partnership to improve health care delivery : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Working Group on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) for Health and Nutritional Interventions : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Primary Health Care : CONSTITUTION Secondary and Tertiary Health Care : CONSTITUTION AYUSH : CONSTITUTION Nutrition : CONSTITUTION
	Task Force
	Planning for Human Resources in the Health Sector : CONSTITUTION

9.	Housing & Urban Development	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Urban Development (excluding Urban Transport), Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (including low cost sanitation), swerage and sold waste management) and Urban Environment : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Urban Transport including Mass Rapid Transport Systems : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Urban Housing and Urban Poverty with focus on Slums : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Housing for Police Personnel and Judicial Officers: CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Urban Development, Urban Housing and Urban Poverty : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

10.	Industry & Minerals	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Feedstock, Fuel and Other Supply Side Constraints : CONSTITUTION Competition Policy : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Consumer Protection : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Mineral Exploration and Development (Other than coal and lignite) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Quality, Certification and Conformity Assessment : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Drugs and Pharmaceuticals : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Shipbuilding & Ship-repair Industry : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Chemicals and Petrochemicals : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Textiles and Jute Industry (excluding VSE components) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Automotive Industry : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Fertilizer Industry : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Steel Industry : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Industry : CONSTITUTION
	Task Force
	Cement Industry : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Sub-Groups
	Chemicals : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

11.	Labour, Employment and Manpower	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Labour Force and Employment Projection : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Skill Development & Vocational Training : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Labour Laws and Other Labour Regulations : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Social Security : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Child Labour : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Occupational Safety and Health : CONSTITUTION Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-12 \|\| Report : PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Labour and Employment : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Task Force
	Skill Development : CONSTITUTION

12.	Multi Level Planning	^^ Top
	Task Group
	Task Group on Problems of Hilly Habitations in Areas Covered by the Hill Areas Development Programme(HADP)/Western Ghats Development Programme (WGDP) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Task Force for Preperation of a Manual for District Planning : CONSTITUTION Task Force to look in to the Problems of Hill States and Hill Areas to suggest ways to ensure that these States and Areas do not suffer in any way because of their peculiarities. : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	NIL

13.	Power & Energy, Energy Policy and Rural Energy	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Coal and Lignite : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Power : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Petroleum & Natural Gas Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file New and Renewable Energy : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file R & D for Energy Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Energy Sector : CONSTITUTION

14.	Programme Evaluation Organisation	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	NIL
	Steering Committees
	Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Social Sector Development Schemes in the country during the Eleventh Five Year Plan : CONSTITUTION

15.	Rural Development	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Democratic Decentralization and Panchayati Raj Institutions : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Land Relations : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Poverty Elimination Programmes : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file The Rainfed Areas : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Social Protection Policy -National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Associated Programmes : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Rural Housing : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Steering Committee on Rapid Poverty Reduction and Local Area Development \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Expert Groups
	Equitable Development : CONSTITUTION


16.	Social Justice & Women Empowerment	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Empowering the Disabled : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Social Welfare and other Special Groups : CONSTITUTION

17.	Science and Technology	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	NIL
	Steering Committees
	Science & Technology : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file
	Sub-Groups
	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Department of Biotechnology : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Research and Development Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Department of Science and Technology : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Small Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Ocean Development : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Mega Science Project : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Space (Indian Space Progamme) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Attracting and Retaining Young People to careers in Science and Technology : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Cross Disciplinary Technology Area : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Leveraging International Collaboration Inputs : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Thrust Areas in Basic Sciences : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Effective Rural Technology Delivery (including Partnership with Voluntary Organisation) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Strengthening Academia Industry Interface (including Public Private Partnership) : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file

18.	State Plans	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Disaster Management : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file North Eastern Region : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	North Eastern Region : CONSTITUTION

19.	Tourism	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Tourism : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Tourism : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

20.	Transport	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Railways : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Ports : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Shipping and Inland Water Transport : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Construction : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Roads : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Rural Roads : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Road Transport : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Civil Aviation : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file [ File Size 30MB ]
	Steering Committees
	Transport : CONSTITUTION

21.	Village & Small Enterprises	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Food Processing Industries (FPI) Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : ZIP(MS Word) - PDF file Village & Small Enterprises (VSE) components of Ministry of Textiles viz. Handloom, Handicrafts, Powerloom, Sericulture & Wool : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and Agro & Rural Industries : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	Village and Small Enterprises (VSE) : CONSTITUTION Handicrafts Sector : CONSTITUTION

22.	Voluntary Action Cell	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	NIL
	Steering Committees
	Voluntary Sector : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

23.	Water Resources	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Water Resources : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Water Resources : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file

24.	Women and Child Development	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Empowerment of Women : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Development of Children : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : PDF file Feminist Economists : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file
	Steering Committees
	Empowerment of Women and Development of Children : CONSTITUTION \|\| Report : MS Word - PDF file Sub-Committee son Children : CONSTITUTION
	Task Force
	Task Force to study the problems of childhood malnutrition : CONSTITUTION

25.	International Economics	^^ Top
	Working Groups
	Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization : CONSTITUTION
	Steering Committees
	NIL

Working Groups /Steering Committees / Task Force for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).

Agriculture

Backward Classes

Communication & Information

Development Policy

Education

Environment & Forests

Financial Resources

Health & Family Welfare

Housing & Urban Development

Industry & Minerals

Labour, Employment and Manpower

Multi Level Planning

Power & Energy, Energy Policy and Rural Energy

Programme Evaluation Organisation

Rural Development

Social Justice & Women Empowerment

Science and Technology

State Plans

Tourism

Transport

Village & Small Enterprises

Voluntary Action Cell

Water Resources

Women and Child Development

International Economics

Working Groups /Steering Committees / Task Force
for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).