<p>Based on the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data collected by National Statistical Office (NSO) in its 68th round of National Sample Surveys (NSS) conducted in 2011-12, the erstwhile Planning
The committee would suggest modalities for adoption and time-bound implementation of agriculture sector reforms in two months, the government said in a statement. The Centre on Monday formed a high-powered
If what the central government spends on providing healthcare for its own employees is a measure of what decent healthcare costs, what governments (central and states put together) spend for the ordinary
Niti planning to undertake a study for determining the sector-wise capital needs. As many as 17 under-construction thermal power projects, aggregating to a capacity of 18,420 MW, are stalled due to financial
The environment ministry has said that a report reviewing the requirement of environment clearance for real estate projects and buildings is now "not traceable." This reply was given on an RTI enquiry
To devise strategy to meet target of hiking output fourfold by 2022 The government has tasked its premier think tank Niti Aayog with promoting India as a renewable energy investment destination and developing
With 40 per cent of the country under the impact of consecutive failed monsoons, water rationing could become a norm in many parts of the country in the coming summer, they warned. According to a recent
Burdened with an arduous task of suggesting ways to eliminate poverty, a task force formed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the purpose and headed by Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya is struggling
The death toll in current spate of floods in Assam touched 14 even as the overall flood situation steadied with decrease in rainfall across the State. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who made an aerial
Move seen as yardstick to measure efficacy of government schemes A high-powered taskforce on poverty elimination, constituted under vice-chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya, is expected to favour
