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 …
Manmohan seeks regulators to keep tabs on energy pricing TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: With UPA government focusing on energy security in its effort to touch and maintain 9% economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday argued that
Planning Commission designs Rs 27,000 crore package for Bihar bihar can become the next agriculture hub if the Planning Commission has its way. A special cell for Bihar set up in the Planning Commission is considering extending Rs 27,000 crore to boost the state
A committee recommends rationalization of diesel and petrol prices The long awaited pricing formula for petroleum products to bail out the oil industry from impending bankruptcy has been tabled. If put into effect this prescription can correct distorted prices of automotive fuels of petrol and diesel and halt misuse of …
Bijith R / New Delhi September 04, 2008, 1:01 IST The Planning Commission is contemplating a proposal to give special weight to the domestic infrastructure companies over their foreign counterparts for their experience in construction projects in the country. This comes in the face of domestic infrastructure companies accusing the …
A question frequently asked today is whether planning has any relevance in a world of economic liberalization and the market economy. The short answer is that it does, but not the kind of planning we practised in the past which derived its rationale from the belief that centralized control on …
Business Standard / New Delhi August 21, 2008, 5:46 IST The Planning Commission's announcement that it is changing the definition of poverty from the current criterion, based predominantly on the daily calorific intake, to a much broader concept of "deprivation' is to be welcomed. For several years now, the persistence …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 18, 2008, 4:54 IST The apex body for farmers' organisations has stated in a representation to the government that even big farmers were worse off than the lowest-paid government employees. It has charged the government with discrimination against farmers vis-
Bridging the infrastructure gap by promoting public private partnerships has become the preferred mode for the execution of public projects. The government needs to develop the necessary capability to handle the large number of PPP projects that are to be taken up during the Eleventh Plan.
differences between women and child development minister Renuka Choudhury and the Planning Commission over providing food to poor children under the Integrated Child Development Services (icds) have escalated to a stand-off. In May, the ministry forwarded a plan to compulsorily provide poor children micronutrient-fortified, ready-to-eat food instead of hot cooked …
DH News Service, New Delhi: Planning Commission of India on Tuesday approved Karnatakas annual plan size for Rs 25,953 crore for the year 2008-09, giving emphasis to infrastructure development and social sector. The State plan size was increased of about 46 per cent over the plan outlay of 2007-08, which …
maharashtra is planning to amend the state employment guarantee act to divert the reserve fund to other projects. The move comes when the union government is trying to fortify the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (nregs). On February 21, the cabinet decided to do away with a mandatory grant to …
The Planning Commission on Friday allocated an annual plan size of Rs 9,600 crore for Chhattisgarh for the year 2008-09. This includes additional Central assistance of Rs50 crores for establishing and strengthening of infrastructure for collection and marketing of minor forest produce. Commenting on the performance of the state, deputy …
Submitting the report of the Sixth Pay Commission to Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday, Chairman Justice B N Srikrishna called the recommendation for a hike of 40 per cent in salaries of over 4.5 million Central Government employees and doubling of most allowances "something good for the nation'. At …
The Annual Plan outlay for Madhya Pradesh for 2008-09 was on Tuesday pegged at Rs 14,182.61 crore at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. It includes a one-time additional Central assistance component of Rs.150 crore for priority projects. In his …
The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Jagdish Mukhi, on Tuesday termed the Delhi Budget presented by Finance Minister A. K. Walia on Monday as a document of announcements alone and not a budget in the real sense. Initiating a discussion in the House on the Budget, he …
The allocation for transport has been increased by nearly Rs 900 crore in this year's budget. But the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which had featured prominently in last year's budget speech
Housing for the poor and urban development is one of key areas of focus in Budget 2008-09 with urban development accounting for about 13% of the total Budget outlay. The finance minister proposed a plan outlay of Rs 1487 crore for housing and UD for the coming financial year. Finance …
The acute shortage of beds in Delhi government hospitals claimed the life of 28-year-old vegetable vendor Vijay Kumar on Sunday. Critically injured in a road accident, Kumar could not get the much-needed ICU care at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital due to lack of beds. SGMH has only four ICU …
