Highlights : 12th Five Year Plan

Estimated growth rate at 8.2% but the National Development Council (NDC) on 27 Dec 2012 approved 8% growth rate for 12th five-year plan.

Increasing green cover by one million hectare every year and adding 30,000 MW of renewable energy generation capacity in the Plan period.

To reduce emission intensity of the GDP in line with the target of 20-25 reduction by 2020 over 2005 levels.

Raising agriculture output to 4 per cent for the full Plan.

Manufacturing sector growth to 10 per cent for the full Plan.

Target of adding over 88,000 MW of power generation capacity in the 12th five year plan.

The plan aims towards achieving a growth of 4 percent in agriculture and to reduce poverty by 10 percentage points, by 2017.