The Union Cabinet approved the Tenth Five Year Plan targeting an 8 per cent annual growth for the period 2002-07. an outlay of Rs 15,92,300 crore, including gross budgetary support of Rs 706,000 crore has been earmarked for the period. Briefing newspersons after the Cabinet meeting, deputy chairman of the Planning commission K C Pant said the central plan would have an outlay of Rs 9,21,291 crore and the outlay for the states and union territories would be Rs 6,71,009 crore.