The relevance of the poverty line for the country is set to be redefined in the context of the ongoing Supreme Court case. The commission will take a view on removing caps on BPL (below poverty line) families. The caps are set by the Planning Commission to predetermine the number of poor in a state or district or block, based on the poverty line.

Nagpur: Tigers in India are getting cornered with each passing day.

New Delhi: Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander, members of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, have joined Right to Food campaigners in demanding that Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek

New Delhi:The Union Cabinet is set to approve a law that will provide more rights to tribals for the beginning and end of mining activity besides providing Rs 10,000 crore annually to 60 tribal-dom

GUWAHATI: “There is leakage in the public distribution system (PDS) in the Northeast. But it is the responsibility of the governments of the States concerned to check the leakage in PDS. The Central Government has no role to play in this, it only provides the PDS items to the States. Of course, PDS pilferage has reduced in recent times primarily because of the fact that the system has been computerized by issuing biometric cards to the beneficiaries,” said Prof KV Thomas, Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution while addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Thursday.

GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – Stating that the Centre has laid special emphasis on the Northeast, the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof KV Thomas today informed

Stumped by political opposition to letting private companies into commercial coal mining, the government has found a way to achieve almost the same without having to face Parliament. It is planning to allot captive coal blocks to private miners like BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Sesa Goa on the condition that these firms have tied up with approved end users for supply.

A report by an expert group on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has suggested wide-ranging institutional reforms to regulate the public and the private A A report by an expert group on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has suggested wide-ranging institutional reforms to regulate the public and the private sectors to ensure assured quality and rational pricing of healthcare services.

NEW DELHI: The 12th Plan document that seeks to raise the economic growth rate to 9 per cent during the five-year period will not be ready by April 1, 2012, the day the next Plan begins.

NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission affidavit to the Supreme Court which claimed that a rural poor can manage food, education and health requirements with a mere Rs 25 a day has given fresh ammuniti