Amidst the high voltage campaign to tom-tom Bihar’s achievements for registering an unprecedented growth rate of 13.13 per cent for the year-2011-12, there exists a dark story.

Notwithstanding the Planning Commission has appointed more than 150 working groups and steering committees, which are mostly headed by its members, to work on the 12th Plan (2012-17) document, the com

With finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s nomination as the official UPA candidate for President, indications are there that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would prefer to keep the finance portfolio wit

With finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s nomination as the official UPA candidate for President, indications are there that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would prefer to keep the finance portfolio wit

For the government, a person having a daily consumption of `28.65 in urban areas and `22.42 in rural areas may not be poor, but children of backward caste parents having monthly income of up to `50,00

For the government, a person having a daily consumption of Rs28.65 in urban areas and Rs22.42 in rural areas may not be poor, but children of backward caste parents having monthly income of up to Rs50

After Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, it was Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa’s turn to hit out at the planning commission for its ever-increasing tendency to dictate terms to states on spending “t

After Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, now it was Tamil Nadu chief minister J.

The Yojna Bhawan on Friday turned into a boxing ring with Gujarat strong man Narendra Modi and the Plan panel slugging it out to outsmart each other amidst the prevailing political turmoil, economic d

The Planning Commission in its 12th Plan (2012-17) document has suggested implementation of the UPA’s flagship rural employment programme scheme, MGNREGA, in mission mode.