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 …
Amidst the ongoing debate over economic slowdown in the country, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said a reasonable target for Indian economy would be between 8.2 per cent and 8.5 per cent in the current financial year. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, has called for engendering very close coordination between the research and extension agencies to effectively transfer new techniques and know how from lab to land to make Jammu and Kashmir fully self-reliant in agriculture and all the allied sectors within the next 3-4 years …
Reeling under the pressure of huge foodgrain stocks, well above the storage capacity across the country, the government on Thursday decided to send 50 lakh tonnes of grains to the states at much below the minimum support price (MSP), leaving a window open for export at a later date.
Under the Bundelkhand Package, so far, an amount of Rs. 522 crore 22 lakh has been spent out of total Rs. 966.51 crore received as additional central assistance. This is 54 percent of the allocation. Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Government of India, M.S. Ahluwalia took the stock …
Recast of existing public health schemes to get attention The approach paper to the 12th five-year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) will focus on restructuring public health schemes to make these more effective, even as stakeholders today asked the Planning Commission to address the issue of shortage of manpower in this …
Mamata finalises Annual Plan with Planning Commission The Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was on Wednesday finalised at Rs.22,214 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At this level, the State Plan outlay for the current …
Fertiliser ministry opposes plans on hiking urea prices Amendments to the urea investment policy of 2008 are likely to be delayed further, as the department of fertilisers (DoF) has formally opposed the move to raise urea prices. The price of this fertilizer has a direct bearing on the investment policy …
The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) hopes to finalise its Working Group's draft of the Food Security Bill, take the discussion on its Communal Violence (CV) Bill draft further and hold a discussion on the plight of Jarawas in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when it meets here on …
Accepting the logics and rational of the state the Central Planning Commission has approved the annual plan of Rs 47000 crore for the 2011-12 on Monday in Delhi. The state government has also assured the Planning Commission to increase its own resources during the same period. Despite getting the desired …
New Delhi: The draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act has been changed to make competitive bidding the sole criterion for awarding of mining and prospecting licences. The draft is ready to go to the cabinet and if cleared is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of …
KOLKATA, 19 JUNE: A high-power monitoring committee was constituted by the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, today to monitor the flood-like situation in parts of south Bengal. She has also asked officials to set up a control room at Writers
Identifying land and water as the two most crucial prerequisites for promoting industrialisation, Planning Commission has asked the government to earmark land allotment 25-50 years in advance of actual setting up of any utility. The Plan panel
Hydro-power holds the key to a sustainable energy solution At a Planning Commission meeting chaired by the prime minister on April 22, 2011 to give shape to the 12th Plan, Jairam Ramesh set the cat among the policy-cum-growth pigeons. His view was that the plan panel
The State has laid stress on inducting a mission mode approach by the Union Government to document and conserve the diverse and unique horticultural germplasms available not only in Assam but also in other parts of the NE region before they get extinct due to overexploitation or negligence. It also …
New Delhi Concerned over delays in execution of projects due to inter-ministerial differences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a high-level meeting to resolve issues like coal shortages and environment clearances with the respective ministers on July 1.
Power ministry has asked environment ministry to withdraw a recent directive that requires projects to secure forest clearances before beginning other work. The power ministry has said this directive would delay development of thermal and hydropower projects. Before the environment ministry
New Delhi The Planning Commission has asked infrastructure ministries to try to achieve higher targets in 2011-12 than what they did in each of the first four years of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The panel, which is tasked with the responsibility to fix annual milestones for the infrastructure sector, has …
Gearing for the challenge of implementing the proposed Food Security Bill, Union Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution K.V. Thomas has decided to hold a conference of Chief Ministers to seek their views and cooperation. Mr. Thomas toldThe Hindu that he had made a presentation of the proposed …
