Thiruvananthapuram: The Planning Commission’s latest poverty estimates, which showed a dramatic fall in poverty from 37.2 percent to 21.9 percent, have sprung a surprise  for Kerala. For the first ti

New Delhi: In the wake of a major uproar over poverty estimates, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday admitted that the method of tabulating the number of poor is ‘abs

New Delhi: Virtually sticking to its earlier controversial way of calculating poverty figures, Planning Commission on Tuesday said the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk in bot

Chennai: Calling upon the Planning Commission to “effectively perform” its core function of indicative planning, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa urged the Government of India to adopt a consensus base

The economy will turn the cornerin the next six months as the deceleration of the past several quarters has been arrested, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Monday.

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Strongly backing the decision to hike diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, Planning Commission on Friday said the country needs lot of tough decisions and diesel and petrol prices shoul

The full Planning Commission is all set to approve the 12th Plan document that seeks to raise the average annual economic growth during the five-year period ending March 2017 to 8.2 per cent from 7

For the first time in the history of planning in India, the 12th Five Year Plan will spell out state-specific growth targets and fix monitorable parameters for social sector indicators like infant

Plan panel on Thursday said that it will be difficult to set 9 per cent annual average economic growth target in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) in view of the impact of uncertain global economic

Facing flak over expenditure of Rs 35 lakh on toilets, the Planning Commission on Wednesday termed it as routine maintenance and upgradation work and said it was 'unfortunate' to call it a wasteful ex