Admitting "leakages" in funds meant for various development programmes and schemes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, said that the government was working to rectify the problems. "There are leakages in programmes and schemes. You cannot deny that. It had been and is the endeavour of the government to rectify these," Singh told reporters here. The Prime Minister was asked about the steps taken by the government to ensure that...
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Prof. Suresh Tendulkar interviewed by Pooja Suri and Amiti Sen
Suresh Tendulkar created a flutter among policymaking circles when a committee led by him raised the estimate for poor households in the country to 74 million from the Planning Commission estimate of 65.2 million. The former chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council explained why his numbers are more credible in an interview with ET’s Pooja Suri and Amiti Sen. Excerpts: Why did your committee decide to accept the...
More »Environmental Challenge by Ramachandra Guha
Thirty years ago, a department of environment was set up in the Central government; 25 years ago, this was upgraded into a full-fledged ministry of environment and forests. As we mark these anniversaries, it must be said that the ministers in charge of this ministry have generally been incompetent, or malign, or both. Some might make an exception for Maneka Gandhi, who was minister of state for the environment between...
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PADMA Shri laureate Barkha Dutt and Veer Sanghvi are names that have ruled the world of English journalism for decades, and are still going strong. But today, they are seen acting as the stewards of the government. Due to these two great journalists, a new dangerous and dirtier amalgam of journalism, bureaucracy and corporate world has come to forefront. The public of the nation is in a state of shock...
More »PESA: Government's sheathed weapon
In the least remarked upon move by the government to take on the development challenge in left-wing extremist (LWE) areas, Sudha Pillai was elevated to member-secretary of the Planning Commission on the eve of her retirement from the IAS. A topper in her batch, Sudha was initially posted to her home state of Punjab and then moved to Kerala after her marriage to her batchmate, present home secretary Gopal Pillai....
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