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  Modi: Centre adopting big brother attitude

  India | June 18, 2013 23:06 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 18: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Planning Commission were today at loggerheads at the annual plan meeting with Modi accusing the Centre of adopting 'big brother' attitude disregarding the federal

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  Urban families having car, AC, laptops must not be considered poor: expert group

  January 26, 2013 9:14 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 26 : Urban households having car, air conditioners or computer/laptop with internet should be automatically excluded from the list of poor, suggested a Planning Commission-appointed expert group.According to the expert group headed

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  Plan panel to peg 12th Plan average growth rate at 8.2-9 pc

  August 26, 2012 12:11 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 26: Unlike in the previous Five Year Plans, the Planning Commission will refrain from proposing a fixed growth target for the 12th Plan (2012-17) and instead suggest a range of 8.2-9 per

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  Planning Commission spent Rs 35 lakhs on hi-tech toilets, issued 60 smart cards to selective users

  India | June 06, 2012 16:06 IST

  New Delhi, June 6: At a time when the Planning Commission has redefined poverty level as one where a man can spend less than Rs 32 a day, the Commission itself has spent Rs 35

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  Petrol hike to hit inflation in immediate run only, says PlanCom

  May 23, 2012 20:44 IST

  New Delhi, May 23: Attributing the steep hike in petrol prices to declining value of rupee, Planning Commission today said it will have immediate impact on the price situation but things will stabilise in the

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  India's long-term growth potential is 8-9 pc, says Montek

  April 27, 2012 12:06 IST

  London, Apr 27: Notwithstanding global credit rating agency S&P's lowering India's outlook to ‘negative', the country remains bullish and its long-term economic growth potential is 8-9 per cent, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh

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  Mulayam Demands Removal Of Montek From Planning Commission

  India | March 21, 2012 16:02 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 21: The Samajwadi Party today sought removal of Montek Singh Ahluwalia from the post of Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission for the panel's fresh poverty estimates pegging poverty line at Rs 28.65

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  Planning Commission Distances Itself From Rs 32 Poverty Yardstick

  India | October 03, 2011 18:12 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 3: Distancing itself from the controversial Rs 32 poverty cut off limit, the Planning Commission today said a new methodology will be worked out to determine entitlements of beneficiaries under various schemes

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  Aruna Roy Asks Montek, Either Live On Rs 32 A Day, Or Withdraw Affidavit Or Quit

  India | September 30, 2011 11:52 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 30:   Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) members Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander on Thursday asked Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia to either withdraw the Planning Commission's affidavit on the

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  CPI-M Says, Planning Commission's Poverty Assessment Non Transparent

  Politics | September 22, 2011 23:03 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22: CPI-M today said the Planning Commission assessment of pegging poverty line of an individual at Rs 25 per day in rural areas and Rs 36 per day in urban areas is non-transparent

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  Aam Aadmi's Govt Tells SC, One Is Not Poor If One Spends Rs 26 A Day

  India | September 21, 2011 18:19 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 21: The Planning Commission in India either appears to be completely cut off from day-to-day inflation in real life, or is deliberately  trying to act crazy.On Tuesday, the Planning Commission told the

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  Ahluwalia, Rangarajan Back RBI Rate Hike

  September 16, 2011 16:56 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 16: The Planning Commission on Friday said the decision of the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates by 25 basis points is not unreasonable and a signal to bring inflation under control.“RBI

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  No Need For Planning Commission, Says Rangarajan Committee

  September 02, 2011 12:40 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 2 : Urging reforms in the management of public finance, a high-level panel headed by the Prime Minister's chief economic adviser, Dr C. Rangarajan, has suggested the government should abolish the “age-old

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  Kamal Nath Calls Planning Commission An Armchair Advisor

  Politics | July 05, 2010 14:52 IST

  New Delhi :  Terming the Planning Commission as an "armchair advisor", oblivious to the ground realities, Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Monday  said he was forewarned that the Plan panel would not allow him