Ahluwalia was married to former deputy chairperson of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and is survived by her husband and two sons.
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'The Congress saw Rahul as the natural leader of the party and wanted him to take a larger role'
Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, charged the government with not delivering on its various promises, including generating two crore jobs per year.
The opposition on Thursday criticised as mere "fluff" and "gimmickry" the government's decision to restructure Planning Commission and rechristen it "Neeti Ayog" and voiced apprehension that it will discriminate against the states and help "corporates call the shots" in policy making.
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and chief ministers with the exception of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Suggestions made by the different experts have been noted and would be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Even if the new body focuses on long-term planning, it is unlikely to do so through five-year Plans.
Her research was focused on urban development, macro-economic reforms, industrial development, and social sector development issues in India.
'Mumbai turned me into a fighter, always hustling to keep up with the world.' 'Now, I hustle for the poor and the ones who don't have a voice because I feel they are poor for no fault of their own.'
India's Planning Commission has 31 divisions and seven attached offices, which include the Unique Identification Authority of India and Independent Evaluation Office.
'A lot will depend on the first Aayog and the power it derives.'
The government also announced creation of a special open forum on the website mygov.nic.in for suggestions on the new institution.
Erstwhile Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar is believed to have been appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog.
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The number of poor in the country declined to 27 crore (270 million) in 2011-12, from 40.74 crore in 2004-05, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Wednesday.
Assessment note says panel acts as control commission, especially in fund allocations to states.
The Aayog has been mandated to serve as a policy think-tank for the central as well as state governments
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Planning Commission to prepare workable models for implementing the proposed universal health coverage programme.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation for the seventh time from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on Saturday and it will be his second speech of the second term in office.
NITI Aayog was set up as a think-tank for the Centre and states on January 1 replacing over six-decade old Planning Commission.
The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Mukherjee.
The Planning Commission of India has released the official Gross State Domestic Product figures. The map above shows the GSDP of each state in the year 2013-14 in Rs crore.
The Planning Commission of India has released the official Gross State Domestic Product figures. The map above shows the GSDP of each state in the year 2013-14 in Rs crore.
Singh, who is Chairman of the Planning Commission, made a case for reorienting the body to remain relevant in the globalised world.
'Both the Centre and the states cannot say that they have been taking good care of public health.'
The map below shows the classification of this score into Mostly Dirty, Somewhat Clean and Mostly Clean.
New body to replace Plan panel might retain 40% of existing staff
Poor predictability, credibility and effectiveness of fiscal performance have been key reasons for successive governments failing to deliver on their promises.
'Growth is predicated on the misery of large sections of people.' 'Maybe Hindutva will be used to suppress any such unrest.'
'This is not Ahmedabad Gymkhana but people's house'
Ahead of the second phase of polls in the state, Banerjee's letter, which was released by the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, seeks to drum up support from opposition leaders by stating how non-BJP states have suffered due to the saffron party led Centre's actions.
We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy.
The weapon carrying security personnel pushed journalists, who retaliated with more pushes and shoves.
The Planning Commission was better than the Niti Aayog as it used to take up the issues of the states with the ministries concerned.
Government and the Planning Commission had earlier projected a growth rate of 9 per cent during 2011-12, up from 8.6 per cent in the previous fiscal.
In July, the Planning Commission said that the number of people living below poverty line has come down both in rural as well as urban areas.
Sources said the Telangana chief minister was busy with preparations for the launch of his ambitious Rs 80,000 crore Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project that would end water woes in the state, while in a letter to Modi, the West Bengal chief minister had expressed her inability to attend the Niti Aayog meeting on June 15, saying it is "fruitless" as the body has no financial powers to support state plans.
There is a need for tax reforms in the country in a bolder way, Singh said.
The Modi govt is keen to replace the Planning Commission with a more powerful body.
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