Five-Year Plans of India
Union Cabinet approves XII Plan
The Union Cabinet approved the XII Plan (2012-17) document focused at attaining annual average economic growth rate of8.2%, down from 9% targeted earlier. The Plan document will now need final approval from the highest decision making body, the National Development ..
Planning Commission approves Rs. 3,535 cr annual plan 2012-13 for Arunachal Pradesh
Planning Commission approved the Annual Plan Size 2012-13 for Arunachal Pradesh at Rs. 3,535 crores. The plan has seen a 20.1%, increase over last year’s revised outlay of Rs. 2942.6 crores. The state was highly praised by Planning Commission for ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Planning Commission setting target of reducing poverty by 10% by end of 12th plan
By the end of the 12th plan, the Planning Commission is setting a target of bringing down poverty by 10%. The Commission had set a like target during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12). As per the data, the rate ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Rs 28,000 cr Annual Plan outlay for Bihar: Planning Commission
The Planning Commission approved an Annual Plan outlay of Rs 28,000 crore for Bihar for the current fiscal. The plan was finalized at a meeting in New Delhi between the Commission’s Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Bihar Chief Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Rs 36,000 Crore in order to ameliorate sanitation in rural areas in 12th Plan: Planning Commission
Planning Commission allocates Rs 36,000 crore in the 12th Five Year Plan for improving sanitation in Rural Areas It is an increment from Rs 7,800 crore in the previous Plan About 60% of open defecation in the world are in ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Plan Expenditures, Non-Plan Expenditures & Gross Budgetary Support
This article differentiates Plan Expenditure, Non-Plan Expenditure and Gross Budgetary Support and explains why the Rangarajan Panel calls for removal of plan, non-plan distinction. We all know about the Five Year Plans. In the annual budgets, the central plan is the government’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
12th Five Year Plan: Growth target 9%
Recently, it was made clear that Planning Commission will aim to achieve an average economic growth of 9% over the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17). The plan will primarily maintain the agenda of inclusive growth of the ongoing 11th plan ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Agriculture Growth target 4% in 12th Five Year Plan
Planning Commission Member and Steering Committee Chairman Abhijit Sen has recently said that farm sector target growth rate shall be 4% in the 12th Five Year Plan. The same target was set for 11th plan and Sen has blamed poor ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Economy & Banking Current Affairs