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As many as 345 infra projects show cost overruns of Rs 3.28 lakh cr; land acquisition, forest clearance cited as reasons
•The expenditure incurred on these infra projects until April 2019 is Rs 8,84,906.88 crore, which is 40.94 percent of the anticipated cost of the projects
About 340 infra projects show cost overruns of Rs 3.3 lakh cr over delays, other reasons: Mospi report
•As many as 340 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have shown cost overruns to the tune of over Rs 3.3 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons, a report said
EAC-PM to come out with point-by-point rebuttal of former CEA Arvind Subramanian's claims on GDP numbers
•The Economic Advisory Council to the prime minister on Wednesday refuted the claims of former CEA Arvind Subramanian regarding overestimation of GDP numbers and said it will come out with a point-by-point rebuttal in due course
Rao Inderjit Singh: Former shooter now MoS (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme ministry, also gets Planning
Fp Staff •Rao Inderjit Singh is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Members who quit National Statistical Commission never expressed reservations during meetings: Stats ministry
•The government on Wednesday said that the members of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), who resigned recently, had never expressed their concerns in any of the meetings of the Commission in the last few months
Stats ministry calls PC Mohanan, JV Meenakshi for meeting after duo quit National Statistical Commission
Fp Staff •PC Mohanan and JV Meenakshi were the only remaining non-government members in the National Statistical Commission. Mohanan said the disagreement with the Centre on the release of the annual jobs report of 2017-18 was one of their reasons.
Two members of National Statistical Commission quit; PC Mohanan and JV Meenakshi resign over disagreement with govt
•Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, PC Mohanan and JV Meenakshi, have resigned over a disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said on Tuesday.
Retail inflation slows to 18-month low of 2.19% in December on decline in vegetables, fuel prices; meat, pulses rate up
•The rate of price rise in vegetables, fruits and protein-rich eggs continued to decline.
EPF schemes add more than 1.45 crore new subscribers in one year; 91 lakh cease to be members of retirement fund scheme
•The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has been bringing out the employment-related statistics in the formal sector since April, 2018 covering the period September 2017 onwards.
CIC recommends legal framework to ensure MPs' accountability for utilisation of local area development funds
•The case came before the CIC as two RTI applicants could not get information about the usage of MPLADS fund of their respective MP.