Development plan for Naxal-hit areas extended

The government has decided to extend the Integrated Action Plan, a specially conceived development programme for worst Naxal-affected districts, for four more years with annual allocation of Rs......

Sena-UBT trolls Shinde over non-inclusion in NITI Aayog

Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday took potshots at the rival Shiv Sena over its minister not finding a place in the reconstituted NITI Aayog. IMAGE:......

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged. IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr......

Delhi air quality plummets to alarming levels despite curbs

Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Tuesday after 24 days, with many areas witnessing a significant spike in pollution despite the strictest measures, including a ban on......

Planning Commission: Curtains drawn over 65-yr-old legacy body

Set up by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the Planning Commission brought 12 five-year plans and six annual plans involving fund outlays of over Rs 200 lakh crore in its nearly......

5 things that differentiate NITI Aayog from Planning Commission

State governments are expected to play a more significant role Recently, the decades-old Yojana Bhavan wore a new look and feel, and the corridors of the five-storeyed building were painted......

It's final, Planning Commission will be scrapped

The Prime Minister said there is a need to have a relook at the structure of the Planning Commission and give it a new shape.The government has decided to abolish the Planning Commission, a 64-year......

PM to announce role for Planning Commission shortly: Jaitley

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly announce the role that Planning Commission is going to play in his government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said. Last month, the Independent......