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 …
INDIA has lined up a series of measures to signal its commitment in dealing with climate change in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference in December. For a start, the Planning Commission is considering holding a special session of the National Development Council (NDC) on climate change. Besides, the government …
The Planning Commission today expressed concern over the high generation cost, as well as over 30 per cent distribution losses in the power sector, saying there was a strong need to tackle this problem.
The UPA government is set to revise the growth target from 9% to 7.8% for the 11th Five Year Plan period, considering that 278 districts are in the grip of a debilitating drought and recovery from the global economic downturn has been rather slow. In a meeting of the full …
The September 1 meeting of the full Planning Commission, to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, would take stock of the problems plaguing the country
Devika Banerji / New Delhi August 25, 2009, 1:01 IST The central pool of food grains is insufficient to provide for families above the poverty line (APL) who are covered by the Targetted Public Distribution System (TPDS), if they are to be all included in the proposed National Food Security …
A Nasa mission revealed Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan lost 109 cubic km of water in six years. With pumps being sunk in ever deeper, a bad monsoon has only shown how close to the edge we live Rajeev Deshpande & Nitin Sethi Nasa's twin GRACE satellites orbitting the earth in …
MUKESH RANJAN Currently, the govt has been working out its anti-poverty schemes for poor based on a planning commission estimate of 28.5 per cent With the new realistic view on poverty in the country, the UPA government is now set to work out plans for 10 per cent more over …
The issue of poverty estimation seems to be getting more complicated as a government-sponsored panel has now said that about 38 per cent Indians are poor
To ensure a foolproof mechanism to enforce accountability under the proposed Food Security Act (FSA), the UPA government is likely to consider setting up food security tribunals at all levels of governance. The issue is likely to be one of the key issues for the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), …
PM to address chief ministers on the situation on Monday. The government today constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to tackle the drought situation in nearly one-fourth of the country. The term of reference for the EGoM includes assessment and monitoring of the situation …
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi July 18, 2009, 1:22 IST Govt plans to capture scheme-wise and state-wise actual Plan expenditure. Here is a one announcement that is likely to be a part of the finance minister
Goa today put up a strong case with Planning Commission of India for Rs 1310 crore as special grants for infrastructural development, national games, golden jubilee celebration of Liberation from Portuguese rule and beach safety. These issues were taken up by the Goa team led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The infrastructure sector and the recession-hit real estate sector are looking forward to the Union budget with great expectations. Both the sectors, which require huge investments, are expecting a big boost to revive growth and put them on the path of recovery. The President
Primary education as a fundamental right yet to be enforced A rating system for providers of social services is one of the key items on the social sector wish list of the Economic Survey, which notes the money spent on this head has gone up several times from what it …
