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 …
In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Surging food inflation, decline in agriculture growth rate and the impending food security bill are expected to be at the centre of the coming Union budget. With a bumper wheat harvest expected this rabi, there are projections of a turnaround in the farm sector from the …
MUKESH RANJAN Once the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA) is enacted in the country, the Centre may have the exclusive right to determine the estimate of poverty in the country and the above poverty line (APL) population could be excluded from its ambit. The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat has a high 31.8 per cent population living below poverty line, says a Planning Commission report. This is higher than several major states such as Jammu & Kashmir (13.2 per cent), Kerala (19.7 per cent), Punjab (20.9 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (22.9 per cent), …
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, …
