The parameters laid down by the National Sample Survey Organisation and the Planning Commission for identification of the below poverty line(BPL) families have led to an anomaly in Rajasthan where

Andhra Pradesh has stumbled across a roadblock on its path of development which has pulled down the growth rate of its Gross State Domestic Product below the national average of 5.80 per cent during

The fiscal reforms initiated in the Punjab Budget have opened window to the World Bank. While some of the reform measures have been taken, others are proposed to be taken in the current year. The

US trade Representative Rober Zoellick is voicing optimism that progress will be made this week in an effort to create the world's largest free trade area among 34 nations in the Western Hemisphere.

The UN World Food Programme (UNWFP) has estimated that the urban population has increased five-fold in the developing countries over the last three decades. In the next five years, the urban

The Union Government will set up an industrial estate in Sivasagar, Assam for integrated infrastructural development with a view to provide facilities for growth and medium scale industries in rural

The introduction of panchayati raj system in Madhya Pradesh by chief minister Digvijay Singh has bolstered the economic growth in rural areas. The developmental activities have received a sudden

A close look at the composition of the rural development ministry shows successive governments' callous indifference to the implementation of the cherished goals. The dichotomy in BJP's newly

The government today signaled its commitment to bold economic reforms but, while doing so, also gave off enough signs of the populist pressures that could continue to derail the economy. Union

The Union Cabinet approved the Tenth Five Year Plan targeting an 8 per cent annual growth for the period 2002-07. an outlay of Rs 15,92,300 crore, including gross budgetary support of Rs 706,000