'25% of debt-ridden sugar mills unlikely to operate next year'
Sugar industry apex body ISMA today said that about 25 per cent of over 500 mills in the country may not be in a position to start crushing operations next marketing year starting October 2015 due to huge debt and banks' reluctance to provide fresh loan.
Apr 15, 2015, 19:18 PM IST
Kelkar panel for market-linked gas price to producers
A committee led by former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar has recommended market-linked pricing for domestic natural gas, even as a committee of secretaries is reviewing the formula recommended by the C. Rangarajan panel.
Aug 29, 2014, 15:57 PM IST
Rangarajan panel report on poverty attacked by parties
The Rangarajan Committee, which has suggested a new benchmark for describing poverty, Monday came under sharp attack from political parties, which said it amounted to "mocking at the poor" and makes neither "common sense" nor "economic sense".
Jul 07, 2014, 20:09 PM IST
3 out of 10 in India are poor: Rangarajan panel
A panel headed by former PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan has dismissed the Tendulkar Committee report on estimating poverty and said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5 percent of the population, which means that three out of 10 persons are poor.
Jul 07, 2014, 02:44 AM IST
Rangarajan panel submits report on poverty to PlanComm
Former PMEAC chief C Rangarajan has submitted the report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
Jul 01, 2014, 14:31 PM IST
Rangarajan panel report on poverty today
The Planning Commission in May 2012 had constituted the expert group to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty, following an uproar over the number of poor in the country.
Jun 30, 2014, 09:19 AM IST
