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 …
Plan Panel’s Definition To Blame: State New Delhi: Congress and BJP on Monday squabbled over the criterion used by the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat to define the poor. Latching on to a December 2013 circular on the Gujarat government’s website which said only those with daily earning of less …
Congress slams govt for setting line at Rs 10.80; BJP figures based on Plan Panel's own statistics The fact that the Gujarat government has determined Rs 10.8 a day for rural areas as the cut-off for the poverty line in the state has raked up a controversy. Slamming the Bharatiya …
Government has released Rs. 306 million for the development of agriculture sector in the country under its Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the financial year 2013-14. According the data of Planning Commission of Pakistan, a sum of Rs. 92 million has been released for the establishment of research …
The Centre aims to achieve 'electricity for all' by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021. The gap doesn't seem to occur to the planning commission at all. The Climate Parliament, a group of …
Former cabinet secretary was responding to a question on dampening impact of calls for tariff reduction from various states The Planning Commission doesn’t seem impressed by the rising chorus for power rate cuts in many states, triggered by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s 50 per cent relief for domestic consumers. …
The Planning Commission has junked a proposal by power producers to mandate Coal India act as a banker for surplus coal. Instead, it has sought the Union Cabinet’s approval in allowing the holders of captive mines to transfer their surplus produce to other power, steel and cement utilities. Conceding that …
The Rs 180-crore Chhonchh khud channelisation project, the foundation stone for which was recently laid by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh at Dahkulara in the Indora Assembly constituency in lower Kangra district, is expected to prove a boon for the inhabitants of 35 villages of 13 gram panchayats who have been …
Cabinet clears scheme for climate change studies The Union Cabinet has cleared a climate change action programme which will pump funds and resources into strategic and scientific research, besides giving the States funds. The clearance came with Minister for Environment and Forests M. Veerappa Moily going along with the views …
The ministry's moves are likely to help Coal India add at least 40 mn tonnes - 8.4 % of its expected output of 475 mt this year - to its overall production in 2014-15 M Veerappa Moily’s takeover of the environment & forests ministry last month, it appears, is turning …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has urged the Centre for expeditious environmental and forest clearances, and land acquisition as per the Environment Ministry’s new guidelines to speed up implementation of power projects in the State. Mr. Tuki, speaking at the meeting of Chief Ministers of eight Northeastern States with …
Environmental clearances for five major coal projects of Coal India that supply to NTPC’s three major plants — Vindyachal, Rihand and Singrauli — have been postponed. The Planning Commission has advised the coal ministry not to rush to the Union Cabinet for clearing the moratorium on mining from the projects. …
The government will launch its first wind energy mission this year to give a boost to the renewable source and putting it in the same league as the high-profile solar mission. The ‘National Wind Energy Mission (NWEM), which would be launched around the middle of the year, would give incentives …
Delhi needs to ensure 100% metering to cut losses due to leakages in distribution The Delhi government’s decision to slash electricity user charges could impact its financial position unless Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal undertakes a drive to ensure 100 per cent metering simultaneously to cut the losses due to leakages …
The National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC) was constituted by the Government of India in 2010 to formulate a long-term transport policy. The present report is devoted to setting the conditions for a coherent transport strategy for India in the long term: the horizon is 2032, two decades from the …
Over Rs 1.3 trillion has been injected in power sector during the last five years, but country is still suffering a loadshedding of 5000 – 6000MW. The issue of circular debt was also resolved by injecting Rs.480 million, but the energy situation is still unstable. This was stated by Amir …
Captive coal mining companies should be restricted from transferring surplus coal production outside their end-use sector, a high-level panel headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi has recommended. The surplus coal should be transferred at the notified price, it said. These firms will have the option of disposing of …
After 23.5 Crore From Centre Lucknow: The heavily polluted Ganga flowing through Uttar Pradesh is in for cleansing with the state government allocating its share of funds for the flagship National Ganga River Basin Authority programme. Responding to the Centre's call for giving out 30% of the total amount under …
An internal analysis in the Planning Commission shows that India can eliminate the poverty gap by spending just a fraction of its annual anti-poverty budget instead of inaugurating new anti-poverty schemes. The cost of pushing all households above the poverty line would have been Rs. 55,744 crore during 2011-12 if …
To allay global nuclear suppliers’ fears about India’s nuclear liability laws that have deterred potential investors, the country is now telling the world’s nuclear industry that the domestic plant operator can limit the amount as well as duration of the liability that accrues to foreign suppliers. Planning Commission deputy chairman …
The Sikkim government has launched a massive initiative to revive and restore dying natural springs to address the water problem, especially in the rural areas. It has led to a 15 per cent enhancement in spring discharges. Through the initiative called Dhara Vikas, the government has sucessfully revived 50 springs …
