Planning Commission is dead, long live the new Plan!
It has commissioned 12 five-year plans and six annual plans involving fund outlays of over Rs 200 lakh crore in its 65-year-history, but the fabled Planning Commission is itself set to be history as the government gears up to replace it with a new-age institution in the new year.
Dec 17, 2014, 11:24 AM ISTPlanning Commission must be relooked to expand economic activity: Jaitley
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that the role of the Planning Commission must be relooked in order to expand economic activity, adding that the new body, which will replace the existing commission, will aim towards cooperative federalism.
Dec 07, 2014, 19:21 PM ISTPlanning Commission: Consensus on changes; Congress opposes dismantling
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while briefing the media on the deliberations of the meeting, said no time-line has been fixed, saying the Centre will take a "considered view after consultations are over".
Dec 07, 2014, 18:05 PM ISTStates must have greater role in new Plan body: PM Narendra Modi
Seeking to strengthen cooperative federalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that states must have a greater role in the new body which will replace the existing Planning Commission.
Dec 07, 2014, 16:38 PM ISTPlans afoot to reshape Plan panel: PM
Plans are afoot for reshaping of the Planning Commission to make it in sync with the changing times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said ahead of his meeting with all Chief Ministers on Sunday on the issue.
Dec 05, 2014, 16:20 PM ISTModi convenes CMs meet on new plan panel
Modi in his first Independence Day speech had announced that the 64-year old Planning Commission would be abolished and replaced with a more relevant institution.
Dec 03, 2014, 12:16 PM ISTNew institution in place of plan panel be combination of 3 important divisions: Report
Earlier reports in the media were doing the rounds that the new government body in place of the plan panel will likely to be formed by the year end.
Nov 26, 2014, 13:38 PM ISTGovernment likely to replace Plan panel with new body by year-end
The PM had promised on August 15 to announce "a new institution with a new spirit" soon.
Nov 06, 2014, 10:14 AM IST