Rahul Shrivastava With Inputs From Reuters

Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Iran, starting on May 22, India has fast-tracked the process of paying Iran nearly $6.5 billion it owes to the oil rich country for crude imports during the period it was facing sanctions.

A meeting of the Niti Aayog or rejigged plan panel called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi was boycotted by many opposition Chief Ministers on Wednesday. The states that attended sought a quick solution to the impasse on the land acquisition bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that the Planning Commission will be wrapped up, because it is no longer relevant.

Those impatient about the reconstitution of the Planning Commission can now relax. The country may soon have not one, but two plan panels. The Narendra Modi government is planning to bifurcate the commission - a part of it would be a think tank working on Vision 2020, the other would focus entirely on its implementation.

India is all set to reject the pressure of developed nations on pushing the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security issues are not addressed at a General Council meeting in Geneva on Thursday, setting up a nail-biting showdown over a deal New Delhi says should safeguard its $12 billion anti-poverty food programme.

Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Iran, starting on May 22, India has fast-tracked the process of paying Iran nearly $6.5 billion it owes to the oil rich country for crude imports during the period it was facing sanctions.

A meeting of the Niti Aayog or rejigged plan panel called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi was boycotted by many opposition Chief Ministers on Wednesday. The states that attended sought a quick solution to the impasse on the land acquisition bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that the Planning Commission will be wrapped up, because it is no longer relevant.

Those impatient about the reconstitution of the Planning Commission can now relax. The country may soon have not one, but two plan panels. The Narendra Modi government is planning to bifurcate the commission - a part of it would be a think tank working on Vision 2020, the other would focus entirely on its implementation.

India is all set to reject the pressure of developed nations on pushing the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security issues are not addressed at a General Council meeting in Geneva on Thursday, setting up a nail-biting showdown over a deal New Delhi says should safeguard its $12 billion anti-poverty food programme.