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Trump Picks Former Lawyer Will Scharf As New White House Counsel
Trump named Will Scharf, his former personal lawyer and ex-NCPC chair, as new White House counsel starting September 1, replacing David Warrington.
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Scrap NITI Aayog, Bring Back Planning Commission: Mamata Banerjee
In Delhi to attend a NITI Aayog meeting on July 27, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the public policy think tank brought by the Modi government should be scrapped and the Planning Commission should be brought back.
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Former Planning Commission Member N K Singh Appointed Chairman Of 15th Finance Commission
The commission will make recommendations, by October 2019, for five years commencing April 1, 2020, said the notification announcing the constitution of the panel.
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12th Plan Average Growth Likely to be Below 6 Per Cent: Report
Marred by domestic and external problems, the Indian economy's annual average growth rate may not exceed 6 per cent during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17), compared with the target of 8 per cent, according to a source.
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New Government Must Focus on GST, Fiscal Deficit for Growth: Planning Commission
Rapid implementation of Good and Services Tax (GST) and a reduction in fiscal deficit should be the thrust areas for the new government that will help the country achieve 7-7.5 per cent growth, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Saturday.
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Rangarajan Panel Submits Report on Poverty to Planning Commission
C Rangarajan, former chief of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), has submitted a report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
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Rangarajan Panel Submits Report on Poverty to Planning Commission
C Rangarajan, former chief of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), has submitted a report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
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Note Ban May Pull Down Growth To 5% In FY17: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
The former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission.said the present government did not set any roadmap for the long-term benefits out of note recall despite recognising the short-term pain.
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PM Modi Reviews Aadhaar, May Use it to Improve Delivery of Schemes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed progress of Aadhaar project and is believed to have discussed the possibility of using the platform to resume Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfers (DBT) of subsidised schemes.
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PM Modi to Review Performance of Infra Sector This Week: Report
The infrastructure sector is a key focus area for the Modi-led government. The centre is keen to speed up infrastructure development and investment to boost economic growth which remained at sub-5 per cent level during the previous two fiscals.
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Model Pact for Developing Mines Under PPP Mode in Final Stage: Coal India
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has said that the model contract agreement on public-private partnership (PPP) mode for developing its mines is in the final stage of approval.
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Planning Commission Replacement Must be 'Lean and Thin': Economist
A replacement for the Planning Commission must be "lean and thin", a top Indian-American economist has said, even as he listed fiscal consolidation, and trade and FDI liberalisation, as key areas the government should focus on to return to high growth.
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Telecom Commission Likely to Meet in Mid-October
The Telecom Commission is likely to discuss in the middle of next month key pending issues like spectrum auction, full mobile number portability (MNP) and spectrum sharing and trading rules.
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Government May Resume Aadhaar-linked DBT Scheme: Report
The government is mulling restarting the DBT (direct benefit transfer) scheme to directly transfer money into Aadhaar-linked bank accounts with a view to plug leakages by weeding out ghost beneficiaries, according to a source.
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PM Modi Says Central Planning Body to be Disbanded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he would replace the central Planning Commission that for decades guided the country's socialist economy with a more modern institution.
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Trump Picks Former Lawyer Will Scharf As New White House Counsel
Trump named Will Scharf, his former personal lawyer and ex-NCPC chair, as new White House counsel starting September 1, replacing David Warrington.
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Scrap NITI Aayog, Bring Back Planning Commission: Mamata Banerjee
In Delhi to attend a NITI Aayog meeting on July 27, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the public policy think tank brought by the Modi government should be scrapped and the Planning Commission should be brought back.
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Former Planning Commission Member N K Singh Appointed Chairman Of 15th Finance Commission
The commission will make recommendations, by October 2019, for five years commencing April 1, 2020, said the notification announcing the constitution of the panel.
-
12th Plan Average Growth Likely to be Below 6 Per Cent: Report
Marred by domestic and external problems, the Indian economy's annual average growth rate may not exceed 6 per cent during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17), compared with the target of 8 per cent, according to a source.
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New Government Must Focus on GST, Fiscal Deficit for Growth: Planning Commission
Rapid implementation of Good and Services Tax (GST) and a reduction in fiscal deficit should be the thrust areas for the new government that will help the country achieve 7-7.5 per cent growth, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Saturday.
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Rangarajan Panel Submits Report on Poverty to Planning Commission
C Rangarajan, former chief of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), has submitted a report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
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Rangarajan Panel Submits Report on Poverty to Planning Commission
C Rangarajan, former chief of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), has submitted a report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
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Note Ban May Pull Down Growth To 5% In FY17: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
The former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission.said the present government did not set any roadmap for the long-term benefits out of note recall despite recognising the short-term pain.
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PM Modi Reviews Aadhaar, May Use it to Improve Delivery of Schemes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed progress of Aadhaar project and is believed to have discussed the possibility of using the platform to resume Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfers (DBT) of subsidised schemes.
-
PM Modi to Review Performance of Infra Sector This Week: Report
The infrastructure sector is a key focus area for the Modi-led government. The centre is keen to speed up infrastructure development and investment to boost economic growth which remained at sub-5 per cent level during the previous two fiscals.
-
Model Pact for Developing Mines Under PPP Mode in Final Stage: Coal India
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has said that the model contract agreement on public-private partnership (PPP) mode for developing its mines is in the final stage of approval.
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Planning Commission Replacement Must be 'Lean and Thin': Economist
A replacement for the Planning Commission must be "lean and thin", a top Indian-American economist has said, even as he listed fiscal consolidation, and trade and FDI liberalisation, as key areas the government should focus on to return to high growth.
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Telecom Commission Likely to Meet in Mid-October
The Telecom Commission is likely to discuss in the middle of next month key pending issues like spectrum auction, full mobile number portability (MNP) and spectrum sharing and trading rules.
-
Government May Resume Aadhaar-linked DBT Scheme: Report
The government is mulling restarting the DBT (direct benefit transfer) scheme to directly transfer money into Aadhaar-linked bank accounts with a view to plug leakages by weeding out ghost beneficiaries, according to a source.
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PM Modi Says Central Planning Body to be Disbanded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he would replace the central Planning Commission that for decades guided the country's socialist economy with a more modern institution.
