Planning Commission

Polavaram irrigation project by 2018

Visakhapatnam: The ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation (MoWR) has said that the lifeline of Andhra Pradesh, prestigious Polavaram irrigation project is scheduled t

Publication Date:

24/07/2015

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Polavaram, Ministry Of Water Resources, Central Water Commission (CWC), Planning Commission, Dams/ Irrigation

Mining

The making of mining policy

There is a science and an art to policymaking. In India, this is confounding and abstract.

Publication Date:

20/07/2015

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Minerals, Mines Act 1957, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Planning Commission

Poverty

Niti Aayog might use poverty lines only for analytical purposes

In the wake of the various controversies surrounding poverty lines at the erstwhile Planning Commission, its successor National Institution for Transforming India (Niti) Aayog feels this barometer

Publication Date:

22/05/2015

Author(s): Sanjeeb Mukerjee, Indivjal Dhasmana

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Planning Commission, Poverty, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)

Water Resources

Develop Uttarakhand as water hub: Rawat

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has sought the constitution of a Central Himalayan Council on the lines of the North-Eastern Council for the development of Himalayan states like Uttarakhand

Publication Date:

09/02/2015

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Water Resources, Himalaya, Planning Commission, Ecosystems, Rivers

Economy

A tale of two commissions and the missing links

There have been several missing links in the recent debate on the future of the Planning and Finance Commissions. First, it is not clear whether the debate was more about the future of planning or about the future of the Planning Commission. How do the proposals for institutional reform fix the problems relating to the process of planning and implementation? Second, there are emerging new realities of economic management that the new institution has to grasp and address, requiring new skills and, perhaps, a new set of instruments.

Publication Date:

24/01/2015

Author(s): Y Venugopal Reddy

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

50

Issue:

4

pp:

32-38

Tags:

Planning Commission, India, Government Of India (GOI), Finance, Development, Economy

Economy

The long road to recovery

Power plants, highways, railways and seaports, meant to be the engines of India's economic growth, are now its Achilles heel.

Publication Date:

12/01/2015

Author(s): Sandeep Unnithan

Source: India Today (New Delhi)

Tags:

Infrastructure Development, Economic Development, Planning Commission, Rail Transport, Electricity, Road, Power Transmission, World Bank

Governance And Institutions

NITI Aayog is new policy body

PM Modi to head panel that will give strategic advice

Publication Date:

02/01/2015

Author(s): Puja Mehra

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Planning Commission, Development, Urbanisation, Legislation, Governance And Institutions

Governance And Institutions

Government establishes NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) to replace Planning Commission

NITI Aayog will seek to provide a critical directional and strategic input into the development process

In accordance with a key announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, the Union Government today established NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), as replacement for the Planning Commission. This comes after extensive consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders, including state governments, domain experts and relevant institutions.

Tags:

India, Planning Commission, Food Security, Urbanisation, Environment, Legislation, Governance And Institutions

Environment

Kasturirangan report: State seeks time to submit reply to Centre

The State government is racing against time to file its response to the Centre on the implications of the K Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, if implemented.

Publication Date:

12/12/2014

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Western Ghats, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Planning Commission, Ecological Space, Kerala, Public Hearing, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

Habitat And Urbanisation