The government may fix the power capacity addition target at around 1 00 000 MW for the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2012-2017). The Power Ministry had proposed a capacity addition
Planning commission has suggested an increase in public expenditure in the twelfth plan to meet the needs of the social sector. Speaking at Economic Editors’ conference here on Tbursday, Planning
Under attack over the Rs 32 per capita per day cut off for poverty line, Planning Commission today distanced itself from the controversial definition presented to the Supreme Court saying
Amid a raging controversy over the Rs 32 per capita per day poverty line definition, planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia met prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday and
The Planning Commission wants India to set up a sovereign wealth fund with an initial corpus of $ 10 billion, mainly to invest in energy and mining assets abroad. "Sovereign
Government is expected to clarify soon to the Supreme Court on the criteria used by the Planning Commission to identify below poverty line population in urban and rural areas.
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Concerned over delays in execution of projects due to inter-ministerial differences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a high-level meeting to resolve issues like coal shortages and environment clearances with
The Plan Panel today said there has been as increase in the inflation rate over the last two years and cautioned that rising debt in advanced economies could lead to
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