Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
New Delhi: Is the Planning Commission too singularly focused on reducing food subsidy and intending to dissuade people from buying subsidized food rations even as the government spends thousands of crores to store excess grains in its stocks? Is it being penny wise but pound foolish? An internal note of …
Ravish Tiwari The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security will have to wait for formal views from the National Advisory Council (NAC) before its next move on the government
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, June 23: The state will seek an increase in Plan outlay to Rs 9,000 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal during a crucial meeting with the Planning Commission in Delhi tomorrow. A Rs 8,600 crore Plan outlay for 35 departments was approved by the state during the budget …
New Delhi: Pushing hard its development agenda to tackle the Naxal menace, the UPA government is working out a package of around Rs 3,400 crore to upgrade the infrastructure in 34 districts worst affected by the Naxal violence. The proposal, part of an integrated action plan being worked out by …
Furious debates among policy makers about the proposed national food security law largely revolve around its financial repercussions. The Planning Commission is finally coming around to accepting the Tendulkar Committee
The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed. While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its …
New Delhi: Planning Commission on Saturday initiated the exercise to formulate the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17), aiming to accelerate the economic growth to 10% against 8.1% expected in the current Plan.
Hit by the raging Bhopal gas tragedy controversy, the government on Friday began exploring options, including a special compensation package worth Rs 982 crores, for the victims. The compensation package worked out by the Planning Commission is part of comprehensive demands placed before the Centre by successive state governments. The …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI:Hours before the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met on Friday, the Planning Commission is understood to have released Rs.982 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government for rehabilitation of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims. There was no official word on the …
KOHIMA, June 18: The annual plan size of Nagaland for the current fiscal has been pegged at Rs 1,500 crore, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said. The Centre has also allocated additional Rs 712 crore to the state for implementation of revision of pay (RoP) to its employees on the line …
The UPA government's policies on infrastructure have not translated into any substantial benefits for the poor. Adequate infrastructure is among the most critical physical requirements for attaining fast economic growth and for encouraging investment in the backward regions of the country. The Planning Commission has suggested that the total investment …
New Delhi, June 16 The Planning Commission has allocated Rs 11,400 crore to Delhi as the Plan outlay for the current fiscal year, giving stress on development works in the city. This announcement was made at a meeting between Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and deputy chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday declared that the Union Government is working on an integrated water resource management policy for the whole country and also offered to mediate in the matter of providing adequate water to Delhi. Speaking to media persons …
NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand Annual Plan outlay for 2010-11 was finalised at Rs.6,800 crore at a meeting here on Monday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. The sanctioned outlay is Rs.1,225 crore more than previous year's. It includes additional assistance of Rs.360 crore. …
NEW DELHI: The Annual Plan for Punjab for 2010-11 was on Thursday finalised at Rs. 9,150 crore at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. In his opening remarks, Mr. Ahluwalia said he was happy to note that even during …
