The objectives of the Sixth Plan have been set as hereunder

• To lay stress in the development of cottage and small industries: Prime place will be given to the development of cottage and small industries in the Sixth Plan in order to afford wide employment opportunities to the people in the lower income bracket and enabling them thereby to very nature are labour-intensive, will create abundant job opportunities and will help narrow down the inequitable distribution of income and property by decentralizing the source of income and ownership of property.
• To Control Population Growth: If the population growth rate, which has already assumed a problem of grave proportion, is not checked in time, the hope of meeting the basic minimum needs of the people will recede. Birth rate will be extensively put under way during the Sixth Plan period.
• To lay stress on the conservation of natural resources and wealth, and development of water resources: Prominent among the natural resources available in the country are water and forest. Hence, if we are to promote agricultural and industrial development, utilization of the unlimited water resources available in the country is a must. At the same time, provision of safe drinking water to the people also hinges in the development of water recourses. Haphazard deforestation has become a serious problem facing the country. Hence, in order to maintain proper balance between nature, population and environment, the Sixth Plan will lay special emphasis on the control of soil erosion, and the conservation and development of forest wealth, apart from maximum utilization of water resources for irrigation, power and drinking purposes.
• To develop institutional framework conductive for encouraging higher production: Real cultivators will not be inspired to invest capital and labour as part of the effort to raise productivity so long as the tenant and land owner exercise dualistic control over the land. Hence, it is essential that the land reforms programme be effectively implemented, if substantial increase is to be made in agricultural production. To encourage the tenant who works hard in the field, the rental laws will be effectively enforced during the Sixth Plan period in those districts where cadastral surveys have been completed. Necessary steps will be taken to ensure fair prices for agricultural product as an incentive to the peasant for increasing production and encourage improved farming method, farm implements and other inputs will be made so that the small peasants can take advantage of such facilities. In the area of industry, special efforts will be made to promote cottage and small industries.