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 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 …
The first step towards realising India's domestic targets of achieving 20 to 25 per cent reduction in emission intensity was taken on Thursday as the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Environment and Forests finalised an expert group which will come up with an action plan to achieve the target. …
The Planning Commission has constituted a 20-member expert group to look at low carbon growth strategies for India. The group will be headed by Planning Commission member Kirit Parekh, senior sources disclosed late this evening. Nitin Desai, who has been involved with the climate change negotiations and Jamshed Irani, director …
Govt Wants Projects To Use Energy-Efficient Technology Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is likely to make the energy efficient supercritical technology mandatory for all future power projects as part of its efforts to contribute significantly towards global efforts to contain emission of greenhouse gases. According to a power ministry …
EQUATIONS was invited by the Member Planning Commission Mr Arun Maira in November 2009 to write about our vision for tourism for India. This came about after a series of discussions with him about our concerns related to tourism development in India and how the Planning Process of the Five …
With a growth rate of a little over seven per cent expected this fiscal, the Indian economy is slowly gathering momentum, which is essential to fight poverty, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
Conservation, metering, end-use languish under deficit-ridden Board. Delhi gets more water than Paris, according to a report of the Planning Commission. If the national average water supply for cities is 140 litres per capita, Delhiites guzzle 240 litres per capita. But in certain parts of Delhi, like the south, and …
V. Sridhar Bangalore: Karnataka maintains its status as the poorest among the four southern States, according to the data on poverty recently released by an expert committee set by the Planning Commission. The committee, headed by noted economist Suresh Tendulkar, which has determined a new methodology for estimating the extent …
New Delhi: The Suresh Tendulkar committee report revising upwards poverty estimates across the country may further strain government finances with many of the states already demanding special status to address the issue and an enhanced allocation under many of the pro-poor schemes. The committee, in its report submitted to the …
P. Oppili Saplings to be planted in tribal areas It is expected to be funded by external agency Agency happy over implementation of earlier project CHENNAI: The Forest Department has formulated a new project for better management of natural resources in the State. The
The poverty ratio or the number of poor as a percentage of total population in India for 2004-05 is estimated at 37.2 per cent, according to a new report submitted on Tuesday by the Suresh Tendulkar committee to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. The committee, headed by Tendulkar, …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 7, 2009, 0:59 IST Coal-based generators plan upgrades, clean tech over 5 years. Jairam Ramesh India is planning to invest over Rs 74,000 crore within the next five years to improve energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions from its power sector. Coal-based power …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission has promised a substantial hike in funds allocation to study climate change impact and the funds will be made available after the Kasturirangan Committee submits a report. This was stated by Member (Energy), Planning Commission, B.K. Chaturvedi, while inaugurating
