Speaking at the release of a social development report titled 'Rising Inequalities in India, 2018', Singh said some regions and social groups were extremely poor and vulnerable despite various anti-poverty programmes and affirmative policies being followed.
The Niti Aayog meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress leaders led by Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, held deliberations with Ahmed Patel, A K Antony and others as they geared up for a possible hung Parliament.
As India awaits its 17th Lok Sabha, India TV brings to you a rundown of how India has been ruled in 72 years since Independence.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday contrasted Manmohan Singh who led the UPA government and Narendra Modi, saying the prime minister wouldn’t have “destroyed” the economy if he had taken advice from his predecessor.
Singh, in an exclusive interview to PTI, dismissed the notion that there was a wave in favour of Modi and asserted that the people have made up their minds to vote out the government that "does not believe in inclusive growth and is only worried about its political existence at the altar of disharmony".
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that Nyay scheme of the Congress will usher in an era of minimum income guarantee in India, end poverty and restart the economic engine which has "come to a stop" under the Narendra Modi government.
The names of these leaders and journalists are, however, not as accused in the chargesheet filed before a city court.
In response to a question on the Punjab Congress candidates, Amarinder Singh said the next meeting was likely to be held in Delhi around the end of this week.
Last Tuesday's air strikes were seen as retaliation to the February 14 attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama in Kashmir, in which 40 personnel were killed. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility of the attack.
He was speaking at the book launch of Observer Reserach Foundation's 'Nuclear Order in the Twenty First Century' authored by former diplomat Rakesh Sood.
Addressing a convocation at the Delhi School of Management, Singh blamed the "slipshod" implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) for damaging the vibrant small and unorganised sector.
The report also claimed that the Intelligence Bureau dismissed the news of attempts being made to subvert the then ruling dispensation and informed Singh about the same.
Was an honour meeting such a humble and simple statesman like you, writes Kapil Sharma.
According to the viewers at the Hind Cinema near central Kolkata's Chandni Chowk area, the show was cancelled after screening for just 10 minutes on its opening day.
Shekhar Kapur, Divya Dutta and others lauded Anupam Kher and Akshaye Khanna's performance in The Accidental Prime Minister.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday alleged the BJP's "promotion" of the biopic 'The Accidental Prime Minister' is a mere political stunt by the party and a "desperate" effort to undermine the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
While many Congress members found the film objectionable, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promoted its trailer on social media.
Taking to Twitter, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said fake propaganda by the BJP would not desist his party from questioning the ruling dispensation on important issues.
Anupam Kher has left no stone unturned when it came to adapting to Dr Manmohan Singh's mannerism and poise.
