In an effort to give a fillip to the ever-growing wine sector, the Central government has proposed to form a National Grape and Wine Board (NGWB) on the lines of other commodity boards like the Tea Board.
The CBI today registered three FIRs and a preliminary enquiry to probe alleged irregularities in Indian Airlines-Air India merger and purchase of 111 aircraft, leasing of planes and giving up of profit-making routes by Air India, causing a loss of thousands of crore of rupees.
The Planning Commission on Wednesday envisaged creating seven crore new jobs in the next five years and doubling per capita income in 10 years
'We cannot ignore the role of public institutions in driving development... I don't see much focus on institutional renewal.'
Annual plan of 65 ministries and depts hiked 27%.
Discuss India's strengths and weaknesses and also tell us if nine per cent GDP is sustainable or not.
The human resource development ministry plans to extend the mid-day meal scheme to children in the upper primary classes in the next financial year.
The Planning Commission and the finance ministry have discordant views on the size of the 2007-08 Plan.
'When you forgive a farmer's loans there is this ideological economists lobby which says: 'That's socialism. And that's bad'.' 'But to forgive the loans of big people, so that they will be interested to invest further is capitalism and is good.'
Economic think tank NCAER fears that the Planning Commission's ambitious nine per cent growth target for the 11th plan may not be achievable.
The accident data would be taken up at the next Kaya Kalp meeting.
The government has given up the claim of record economic performance and laid itself open to the charge that rapid economic growth is not benefiting the common man.
In an apparent attack on the previous united front and NDA governments for neglecting agriculture, the planning commission on Monday asked the centre to "correct" farm policies in view of the deceleration in the sector witnessed since 1996.
Finding fault in the working of the employment exchanges, now functioning as offices of state governments, the planning commission has pitched for privatising exchanges, a proposal that could face opposition from the Left.
NITI Aayog was set up as a think-tank for the Centre and states on January 1 replacing over six-decade old Planning Commission.
International agencies and foreign private companies have their own agendas and are in no way accountable to the Indian people, the Left said.
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.
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