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 …
The government’s newly formed expert group on low carbon economy has identified construction activity, transport and power as the key areas for reducing carbon emissions. The 26-member expert group, headed by economist Kirit Parekh, was set up by the Planning Commission to suggest ways to reduce carbon emission intensity by …
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday said the government should dismantle the administered pricing of fuel, as it would keep prices low even when commodity prices start rising. Speaking at the launch of the report
The planning commission on Friday claimed that decontrolling fossil fuel prices would help tame inflation, deflating the contrary general perception, The Commission panel's deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said: "It (decontrolling fuel price) will not flare up the inflation. I just think that it is not sustainable to have pricing, …
APANEL headed by Kirit Parikh has suggested a clean break from the past, with market-linked prices for auto fuels and a sharp increase in the prices of kerosene and cooking gas, testing the willingness of the Manmohan Singh government to grapple with a problem that has defied a solution for …
Panel Wants Decontrol, Govt May Settle For Rs 3 Petrol Hike, Re 1 For Diesel New Delhi: After food items, it is the turn of motor fuels to burn a bigger hole in your pocket. An increase of at least Rs 3 a litre in petrol and Re 1 in …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been a strong critic of the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Sunita Narain, director of CSE, spoke to Civil Society on what she finds wrong with the new Indian position in negotiations on climate change and why a place at the high …
Urban poverty, when directly measured by counting the persons unable to access the official nutrition norm of 2,100 calories through their total monthly spending on all goods and services, declined between 1983 and 1993-94, but rose substantially between 1993-94 and 2004-05 while poverty depth has increased. This is particularly evident …
India's eight ambitious missions to address climate change may get funds in the Union Budget that will be presented in Parliament next month. "The ministries implementing the missions will be provided the necessary budget for it. We are tying up funds domestically," Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam …
To meet the deadJan. 20: To meet the deadline of January 31 for the submission of its emission targets under the Copenhagen Accord, the government on Wednesday kickedoff the process of chalking out a roadmap. It will also analyse the cost of low-carbon growth by constituting a committee under former …
Having announced a 20-25 per cent emission intensity reduction by 2020, India will now focus on the high carbon emitting sectors like cement manufacturing, power generation, transport, steel and building construction. An interim roadmap will be in place by April this year. The final plan of action will, however, be …
New Delhi: With the Planning Commission expert committee set to meet on January 20 for the first time to decide how to achieve the emission intensity reduction target of 20-25% by 2020, the climate team within the government is a confused lot. While the committee is to break down the …
MUKESH RANJAN If the Planning Commission has its way, then the allocations for such schemes under the rural development ministry would not see any change in the Budget for 2010-11 from that of the last year With allocations already surpassing the 11th Plan (2007-12) target in the fourth year itself, …
The road transport and highways ministry is drafting stringent bidding norms for mega-highway projects that could possibly leave even large Indian players out of the fray. This is in sharp contrast to what the ministry has argued so far with the Planning Commission with regard to the bidding document
NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission has formed a 25-member expert panel to explore options before the country for a low-carbon economy. In a statement here, the Planning Commission said the group, chaired by Kirit Parikh, will review existing studies on low-carbon growth/low-carbon pathways prepared by various organisations and assess low-carbon …
New Delhi: The Planning Commission has set up an expert group to decide the strategy to meet the energy intensity reduction target of 20-25% by 2020, which the UPA had announced on the eve of the Copenhagen climate negotiations. The committee will be headed by Kirit Parikh, former Plan panel …
