Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh

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  "Cut Down Larger States If India Wants 8% Growth": Montek Singh Ahluwalia

  Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India and economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday that large states can be split so that new cities can emerge, giving impetus to urbanisation.

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  Rahul Gandhi Used Strong Words In 2013 Press Conference: Montek Ahluwalia

  The now-defunct Planning Commission's former Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi used "strong words" in 2013 while tearing up an ordinance on convicted lawmakers, but insisted then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did the right thing by not resigning.

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  Manmohan Singh Asked Me If He Should Resign In 2013: Montek Ahluwalia

  After the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, the then prime minister Manmohan Singh asked Montek Singh Ahluwalia whether he thought he should resign, the former deputy chairman of the now-defunct Planning Commission says.

• Montek Singh Ahluwalia had Sought Planning Commission Reforms, Says Kapil Sibal

  Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal said today that the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia had sought changes in the institution and also moved a paper to reform the it during the UPA rule.

• Open to reviewing how we measure poverty, Montek Singh Ahluwalia tells NDTV: Highlights

  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that while he accepted the need for a more multi-dimensional measure of poverty, it's undisputed that under the UPA government, poverty has gone down in the last nine years.

• Planning Commission approves Rs 47,000 crore plan size for Karnataka

  The Planning Commission today approved a plan size of Rs 47,000 crore for Karnataka for the year 2013-14, up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal. The plan size was discussed in Delhi in a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

• Jayalalithaa to meet Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 10 regarding state annual plan

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will leave for Delhi tomorrow to meet Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia regarding the state's annual plan.

• Special status for Bihar: Nitish Kumar to meet PM, Finance Minister today

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram today to press for his demand of granting special status to the state. He met Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

• 'Aadhaar' is a number, not an ID card: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

  Seeking to set at rest controversy over Aadhaar, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said UID is a number and not an identity card.

• Your Call with Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Full Transcript

  The Planning Commission has just got its twelfth five-year plan cleared by the Cabinet. The government has also just announced a second wave of big bang reforms. This week on Your Call, NDTV's Sonia Singh talks to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, and the person seen at the heart of the government's current reforms...

• Industry welcomes Montek Singh's support for tea as national drink

  Assam's tea industry has hailed Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia's support to declare tea as a national drink.

• Tea to be declared national drink: Montek

  Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said tea would be declared as national drink by April next year.

• Expert group to re-look at poverty line numbers

  Amidst demand for removal of its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for pegging the poverty line at Rs 28.65 per day per person for cities, the Planning Commission is likely to constitute an expert group to re-evaluate its claim that poverty has declined in India. "The Commission is likely to shortly constitute an expert group for reevaluating ...

• Central nod on Kochi metro in few weeks, Montek Singh

  Central nod for the much awaited Rs 5600 crore Kochi Metro project is expected in a few weeks and work can begin by April, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.

• Plan panel concerned over slow progress of Bundelkhand package

  Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has expressed concern over the slow progress and irregularities in the implementation of package for development of the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.