Faced with slowdown, the Planning Commission may lower the annual average growth target for the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) to 8 per cent, down from 9 per cent envisaged earlier.

"The annual av

In a move that would dilute the authority of Railways to fix passenger fares, a Planning Commission group has suggested giving the powers to decide tariffs to the Railways Rate Tribunal (RET), a qu

Facing criticism over the methodology being adopted to measure poverty, the Planning Commission will soon set up a technical committee comprising experts to look into the whole issue.

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Rejecting widespread criticism for pegging poverty line at Rs 28.65 daily consumption, Plan panel Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday asserted that the number of poor in the country has

Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mr Monteksingh Ahluwalia on Wednesday was the target of the Opposition attack, which demanded his sacking, in the Lok Sabha over the Commission’s definition

Reacting to the Planning Commission figures of poverty, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday blamed the government since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was leading the p

For Planning Commission those who live below poverty line (BPL) are not 'aam aadmi'. The new definition of 'aam aadmi' has come at a time, when the Plan panel is facing flak over latest poverty number

Planning Commission on Monday further reduced poverty line to Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities and Rs 22.42 in rural areas, scaling down India's poverty ratio to 29.8 per cent in 2009-1

The ongoing conflict between the Plan panel and the Home Ministry over issuance of chip-based smart cards to all residents was put to rest on Friday as the government cleared the UIDAI's proposal to e

As a lot of heat and dust is being raised on the Planning Commission's affidavit to the Supreme Court on determining the new poverty line based on a day's earning of Rs 32 by person, the parameters of