Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is today expected to clear his stance over the panel's affidavit in the Supreme Court defining poverty line cut-offs which have triggered str

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said the panel and the government had come to a consensus on the issue of defining people below the poverty line, which had trigger

The Planning Commission on Monday clarified that it was not going by a set poverty line for allocation of subsidised food and supported an approach of giving benefits based on various economic factors

Making light of the Planning Commission's controversial affidavit in the Supreme Court on BPL yardstick, National Advisory Council (NAC) member N C Saxena on Sunday said no human can survive on Rs 32

Members of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander, launched an assault against the Rs Rs 32/day Below Poverty Line norm suggested by Planning Commission deputy chai

Congress on Friday virtually disapproved of the Planning Commission affidavit on Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap saying it does raise a question in the minds of those rooted in ground realities.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday India needed to take some difficult decisions to achieve a target of 9 per cent growth during the next five-year plan, that runs from 2012-13 to 2116-17.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa will meet Planning Commission officials here on Wednesday to finalise the annual outlay for the state.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Planning Commission, asking its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to explain how was the percentage of people living below poverty line (BPL) fixed at 3

The Planning Commission has approved the project of four-laning the 151-km long Kharak-Bhiwani-Dadri-Mahendergarh-Narnaul-Nangal Choudhary Kotputli road for grant of 20 per cent Viability Gap Funding (VGF).