Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expressed happiness over the Planning Commission's decision of approving the plan size of Rs 24,000 crore for Bihar even as he insisted on his demand for special assistance of Rs 4,100 crore per annum during the next plan period.

India should see an easing of food prices in the near term, with food inflation in a "much more comfortable position" by the end of the fiscal year in March, the deputy head of the Planning Commission said on Friday.

Kuala Lumpur: Emerging economies can expand at a 'reasonable pace' in the next four to five years even if growth in developed nations is moderate, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahlu

The Planning Commission on Friday felt that there is case for revising economic growth projections upwards from the present 8.5 per cent, given the impressive 13.8 per cent industrial expansion in Ju

New Delhi, Aug. 7: The Planning Commission has finalised a Rs 13,742-crore Integrated Action Plan that is expected to act as a catalyst for development in 60 Maoist-affected districts spread across Jh

Seeking the cooperation of States in dealing with Left-wing extremism, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Saturday asked the Planning Commission to design a holistic development programme for N

New Delhi, July 24: Hinting that hugely subsidised power to farmers was hindering the growth of the energy sector and making it unsustainable, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday urged all chief mi

New Delhi, July 19: Objecting to the Planning Commission’s contention that the revised norms for bidding to build roads are restrictive, NHAI on Monday said that the new guidelines have evoked good re

The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on Sunday said a government cannot be run only by those who know how to build roads, rebuffing transport minister, Mr Kamal Nath's c