The period dealt with is restricted to the first half of the Ten Year Plan, or the years 1961/62-1965/66. This is also the period during which the author was directly responsible and associated with planning. The Plan was formally abandoned early in 1965. Introductory: six decades of slow growth – Initial difficulties and solutions Problems of quantifying the growth objectives – A macro-economic framework as a guiding principle of the Ten Year Plan – The projection of the balance of payments – The projection of domestic savings – Some aspects of actual and planned development in the first half of the plan period – Difficulties: economic, financial, social, cultural and administrative aspects Epilogue. Three appendices: Terms of reference of the Economic Council, the Development Committee, the National Technical Planning Committee, and the Economic Planning Secretariat – Tables.
