Press note on poverty estimates, 2011-12
The Planning Commission has periodically estimated poverty lines and poverty ratios for each of the years for which Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure have been conducted by the National
Planning Commission
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Report of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on policy for pooling of natural gas prices and pool operating guidelines
The Committee on Policy for Pooling of Natural Gas Prices and Pool Operating Guidelines was asked to examine the procedure for discovery of gas price. While refraining from suggesting a viable scheme for
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Low carbon strategies for inclusive growth - An interim report
<p><font face="Arial">This interim report prepared by the expert group set up by Planning Commission under leadership of Kirit Parikh highlights policies needed for the low carbon growth. The main sectors examined in this report are power, transport, industry, buildings and forestry & the recommendations made in this report are to be included in the 12th five-year plan (2012-17).</font></p>
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Listening to India
<p>This document analyses and highlights the views and suggestions included in reports arising out of the Planning Commissions consultations with diverse stakeholders and also seeks to bring forth similarities and differences on key issues by comparing and contrasting the suggestions of ten core forums that submitted their views to the Planning Commission.</p>
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Issues for the approach to the 12th Five Year Plan
<p>Full Planning Commission meeting: Issues for approach to the 12th Five Year Plan.<br /> </p>
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Introducing conditional cash transfers in India: a proposal for five CCTs
<p>This paper makes the case for converting some of the massive subsidies and significant expenditures on directly targeted poverty reduction programmes into conditional cash transfers. All the five CCTs it proposes would be primarily targeted at the below poverty line population.
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Evaluation study on Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)
The AIBP was conceived in the year 1996 by the Government of India in order to provide financial assistance to States to complete various ongoing projects in the country so that envisaged irrigation potential of the project could be created and thereby extend irrigation to more areas.
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Evaluation study on Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM)
The specific objectives of the study were to: Assess the extent of coverage and access to improved services in the rural areas; Assess the institutional arrangements placed by the State Governments for implementation and performance of the mission; Evaluate the overall impact of the mission on the rural habitations, especially on women in terms of access to improved water services and awarenes
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Report of the evaluation study on hill area development programme in Assam and West Bengal
The Hill Area Development Program (HADP) has been introduced by the Government of India to initiate socio economic development in the hill areas of India since the inception of the Fifth Five Year Plan.
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Report of the task force to look into problems of hill states and hill areas
Report of the task force to look into problems of hill states and hill areas and to suggest ways to ensure that these states and areas do not suffer in any way because of their peculiarities.
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Evaluation study on rural roads component of Bharat Nirman
<p>The study evaluates the performance of Rural Road component of Bharat Nirman and assesses: the coverage of eligible habitations under rural roads; to examine the implementation process including availability, adequacy and timeliness of funds earmarked for rural roads and role of PRIs; the quality of all weather roads under new connectivity and up gradation; the status of maintenance of all weat