Sunil Kanoria takes over as Assocham presidentSREI Infrastructure Finance vice-chairman Sunil Kanoria today assumed charge as president of industry body Assocham.
25 Nov, 2015, 09.26 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh pitches for rewarding states with better finance managementThe AP government today put forth a number of suggestions before the 14th Finance Commission for "rewarding" states based on fiscal managem...
12 Sep, 2013, 03.10 PM IST
- Gujarat State Finance Commission working on formula for financial devolution
Local taxes like professional tax, entertainment tax, education cess, water tax and surcharge on stamp duty constitute 25-45% of the revenu...
21 Jun, 2012, 02.11 PM IST
- Orissa’s plan outlay pegged at Rs 11,000 cr for this FY
The planning commission has fixed Orissa’s annual plan outlay for 2010-11 at Rs 11,000 crore even though the state government had pegged it...
22 Apr, 2010, 09.34 PM IST
- Run up to budget: Ahluwalia meets FM over CSS
The Government has indicated to extend the scheme to all the districts in four years.
29 Dec, 2006, 04.10 PM IST
- Centre gets money-wise, asks states to fund plans
The finance ministry has proposed that Centre should take ‘hard decisions’ and restrict its responsibility of financing only the flagship p...
07 Nov, 2006, 01.50 AM IST
- FinMin, Plan panel disagree on scheme
Ahead of the General Budget for 2006-07, Finance Ministry seems to be at loggerheads with the Planning Commission on funding of at least 60...
03 Jan, 2006, 05.14 PM IST
- Why does a liberalising India still have a Planning Commission?
Why have successive governments since 1991, when India changed the paradigm of economic policy from predominantly state-controlled to predo...
24 May, 2004, 01.32 AM IST
- Orissa to mobilise Rs 38,562 cr investment during 10th plan
Targeting a 6.2 per cent growth against the Tenth Plan goal of eight per cent GDP growth, Orissa on Saturday said it has taken up a "tall c...
21 Dec, 2002, 01.45 PM IST
- 8% growth rate may not be achieved: West Bengal
Strongly criticising the Centre for implementing Pay Commission that hit state finances, West Bengal on Saturday warned that eight per cent...
21 Dec, 2002, 01.00 PM IST
- Planning Commission aims at 8% growth over 5 years
Call it omission, or a deliberate move to distance the Plan process from intra-government quarrels over disinvestment. The Planning Commiss...
30 Oct, 2002, 04.58 AM IST
- FM sings to sell-off tune now
While battlelines are being redrawn over disinvestment, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh seems to have pitched his tent in the pro-disinvestm...
29 Oct, 2002, 01.37 AM IST
- Rolling budget plan not discussed at full Plan panel meet
The proposal to switch over to a three year rolling budget plan for effective implementation of plan target did not come up at the full Pla...
05 Oct, 2002, 09.25 PM IST
- Tough steps on anvil to achieve 8% growth: PM
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday declared that hard decisions, including privatisation of public sector undertakings, will b...
05 Oct, 2002, 11.53 AM IST
- 10th Plan to focus on rural development
Agriculture as the key engine for spurring overall growth, employment programmes to directly address the eight per cent under-employment an...
21 Sep, 2002, 04.18 AM IST
- Plan Panel for delinking of disinvestment from GBS
THE PLANNING Commission is understood to be in favour of delinking gross budgetary support from disinvestment accruals, planned at Rs 80,00...
10 Jan, 2002, 07.25 PM IST
- More central schemes on the cards
THE EXCERSISE of pruning the unwieldy Centrally-sponsored schemes may be on but so is a concomitant effort to introduce new centrally spons...
12 Dec, 2001, 12.41 AM IST