Eminent economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia was on Wednesday appointed deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
Bankers see stable interest rates in near future but are worried about the spiralling global oil prices that is exerting pressure on domestic prices and exchange rate.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday indicated that the government would increase petrol, diesel and LPG prices, but also cut duties in a bid to contain the impact of surge in international oil prices.\n\n
This rampant form of piracy has caused huge losses to both American and Indian entertainment companies.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who left for Washington on Saturday, is likely to take up with the US authorities the issue of video and cable piracy that has been causing huge losses to both American and Indian entertainment companies.
The growth in the economy since the 1990s notwithstanding, there has not been much reduction in poverty levels, for measuring which multi-dimensional efforts are needed, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman, Planning Commission said on Tuesday.
Passive income can help you earn more than a crore of rupees in 40 years. The only thing is you need to do is save and invest 10 per cent of your income.
Stock markets might be tumbling like ninepins but India's policy planners feel the crash on the bourses is just in line with global trends and the economy is not overheated, as all macro indicators remain strong.
Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia talks about reorganising central loans to the states, in the second of a two-part interview with Mamata Singh.
The ideal way will be to sterilise the inflow, build reserves and push liquidity into system.
Coming out strongly in favour of providing visas on arrival to tourists, Planning Commission ceputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday extended all support to the tourism ministry and said both would jointly take it up with the concerned minis
The railways should leverage its revenues to raise money from the market to modernise and expand its facilities, planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said in New Delhi on Monday.
Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday said the government should consider general lowering of duty rates across sectors to avoid creating arbitrage under free trade agreements.
The government on Friday announced putting in place a regulator for the civil aviation sector.
Planning Commission has submitted a proposal to the finance ministry for raising Rs 70,000 crore
This is more than double the money that the state got during the Xth plan.
After kicking off the Budget exercise early this week, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday had a brain-storming session with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on the state of the economy.
The Planning Commission and the finance ministry have discordant views on the size of the 2007-08 Plan.
The political storm over foreign consultants in the Planning Commission took a new turn on Wednesday amid indications that experts from the World Bank, McKinsey and ADB
The Planning Commission has suggested an investment of up to $30 billion from the burgeoning foreign exchange reserves of over $100 billion in the country.
The Planning Commission will bring out a policy paper on the regulatory framework for the infrastructure sector by end of 2004.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the new deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
India, whose economy has been coasting along at 8 per cent for the last three years, can achieve 9.5 per cent GDP growth even in the absence of hard labour reforms or foreign direct investment in the retail sector.
Coinciding with the 3-day traders stir against the implementation of value added tax, the Mid-term Appraisal of the 10th plan has pointed to "serious design flaws" in the tax even as Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh
As the suspense continued over the presence of 'foreign' representatives in the consultative committees of the Planning Commission, its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the issue would be discussed early next week.
He also indicated that the current position of the rupee is competitive against world currencies.
India should accelerate the pace of reduction of customs duty rather than merely carry on building up the foreign exchange reserves, according to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former finance secretary and one of the authors of India's economic reforms.
The Planning Commission on Friday said the economy is expected to grow between 6-6.5% in the current fiscal
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