Press note on poverty estimates, 2011-12
The Planning Commission has periodically estimated poverty lines and poverty ratios for each of the years for which Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure have been conducted by the National
Planning Commission
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Report of the expert group to recommend the detailed methodology for identification of families living below poverty line in the urban areas
This S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor submitted to UPA government in December 2012 set the criteria for identifying the poor living in urban areas for various government schemes.
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Scenarios: Shaping India's future
The Center for Study of Science Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a not-for-profit policy research think-tank in Bangalore developed a systems' map to provide a more rigorous grounding for the scenarios.
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Report of the task force on private participation in power distribution
A task force on Private Participation in Power Distribution was set up under the chairmanship of Member (Power) Planning Commission. The task force was set up to explore the scope and nature of private
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Press note on poverty estimates, 2009-10
<p><span id="itro1">The latest poverty estimates for the country released by Planning Commission shows a decline in poverty by 7.3 per cent over the past five years & says that anyone with a daily
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Report of the steering committee on environment, forests, wildlife & climate change for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
On the threshold of the XII Five Year Plan, it was felt necessary to undertake an assessment of all the sectors of environment from a holistic and scientific perspective and set ourselves targets for the
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Report of the steering committee on water resources and sanitation for Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
The Planning Commission had set up one Steering Committee on Water Resources and Sanitation and the following eight Working Groups for addressing the issues related to the Water Resources and Sanitation
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Report of the sub-group on state road transport undertakings formed under the working group on road transport constituted by Planning Commission for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012 – 2017)
The Planning Commission vide their Order No.18/3/2011-Tpt dated 06.04.2011 has constituted a Working Group on Road Transport for the Formulation of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). In order to assist
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The Draft National Water Framework Act: an explanatory note
An Act to provide a broad overarching national legal framework of general principles on water as a vital and stressed natural resource, under which legislation and executive action on water at all levels
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Report of the working group on “effectively integrating industrial growth and environment sustainability”
By October 2011, India is expected to have a National Manufacturing Policy which will aspire to create 100 million additional jobs in the next 10 years. This aim will be achieved by increasing the Gross
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Sub group- IV on mineral exploration and development (other than coal & lignite) for the XII Five Year Plan (2012-17
Minerals are finite and non-renewable valuable natural resources being the basic raw material for infrastructure, capital goods and various other industries. The history of the mineral extraction in India