The National Development Council (NDC), headed by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, approved unanimously in December 2002 the Tenth Five-year Plan, envisaging an 8 percent annual GDP growth. The main objectives of the Tenth Five-Year Plan: Attain 8% GDP growth per year. Reduction of poverty rate by 5% by 2007. Providing gainful and high-quality employment at least to the addition to the labour force.