Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for "policy and decision paralysis".
Lack of political consensus on economic reforms a key concern.
With EU, it is part of the FTA that we will need to negotiate.
The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
Cong leaders speak in two voices but final stand may be decided at a meeting headed by Rahul Gandhi next week
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
Gujarat and Jharkhand are most favourably placed in terms of smaller share of public sector employees and lower liability on pension, wages and salaries.
There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.
The review stresses on creating conditions for growth that is employment-friendly.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
The country had imported 5.5 million tonnes of pulses last year.
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (all BJP-ruled), Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are among the worst performers.
Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.
Wheat will be now be sold to the schemes at Rs 2 per kg, while rice would be given at Rs 3 per kg.
In many parts of central and north India, monsoon reaches only in July.
Skymet is credited with correctly predicting the 2009 drought.
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