Planning Commission

In post-COVID-19 world, India must boost healthcare by simplifying laws, encouraging private investment

If the govt cannot create health infrastructure directly, it must create a policy environment to allow private players to do so.

Manmohan Singh asked me in 2013 whether he should resign, claims Montek Singh Ahluwalia in his new book

Ahluwalia says he told Singh, who was then on a visit to the US, that he did not think a resignation on this issue was appropriate.

'Not worried over slow rate of GDP growth in country', says former president Pranab Mukherjee at Kolkata event

Former president Pranab Mukherjee also noted that dialogue is important in a democracy to solve problems

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wants 10,000 FPOs to be set up, but this might not be a prudent policy

FPOs will also have to get over the development or welfarist mindset of the NGOs that promote them.

INX Media case: CBI confronts P Chidambaram with former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, say officials

The CBI has confronted arrested former finance minister P Chidambaram with former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar in connection with the INX Media case.

Cyclone Fani aftermath: Naveen Patnaik seeks special status for Odisha; Opposition parties, experts say demand unjustified

'In the last five years we had Phailin, Hudhud, Titli and now Fani. In addition to this, we had massive floods,' Naveen Patnaik said.

Replacing NITI Aayog with Planning Commission will not serve any purpose, both add very little value

If one looks at the web site of the NITI Aayog and counts the number in the directory, it is well over 500 with various classes of employees including support staff.

Rahul Gandhi says Congress will scrap NITI Aayog if voted to power, replace it with 'lean' Planning Commission

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party, if voted to power, will scrap the Niti Aayog.

Need to reinvent NITI Aayog, empower it to perform functions of Centre-state coordination: Former RBI chief YV Reddy

There is a need to upgrade the NITI Aayog and empower it to perform functions of Centre and state coordination, he said

Implementation of minimum income scheme proposed by Congress not an easy task, say experts

Financing Congress President Rahul Gandhi's minimum income scheme, aiming to lift five crore families or 25 crore people out of poverty, may be an uphill task, said several leading economists and social scientists.