Though I have taken note of almost all the points which hon. Members made during the course of the discussions. At the outset, I must also say that one of the hon. Members was pleased to ask, what is the purpose of having this kind of a discussion one and a half years or almost two years after the plan has started? I do not know whether hon. Members do recollect that my my predecesor, Mr. Tiwari, had circulated a note to all the members of this house, particularly, about the tenth plan framework and he expected that the hon. Members will be able to send their remarks to the minsiter and also to the planning commission so that before the draft document of the tenth plan is prepared and finalized, their views could be taken into account. How many members sent this kind of information is a matter which I will have to enquire into, but that exercise was gone into and now the plan was finalised in february, 2001 and thereafter, we have taken the earliest possible opportunity to see that the plan is discussed in both the houses. Sir, I am aware of the fact that the international situation and also the internal situation in which this tenth five-year plan has ben finalised will definitely have some kind of an impact on the plan document as it was prepared and how we will be succedding in trying to avoid the adverse effects it might have on the achievement of the physical targets that we have set for ourselves at the end of the tenth five-year plan. Sir, there are three points which were mentioned by all the hon. Members. The first was that the plan was prepared with 1999-00 as the base year, and thereafter, there has bene a price rise of considerable order. Sir, the first thing which I would like to clarify is about the inflationary trend which has set in.
