12th Five Year Plan

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  India, Bhutan Review Development Partnership, Agree Over New Projects

  India has committed assistance of Rs 4,500 crore for the implementation of development projects and Rs 400 crore for the transitional trade support facility during Bhutan's 12th Five Year Plan, the Ministry of External Affairs Ministry said on Monday

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  Early Childhood Education In India And Why Its Important

  The 12th Five Year Plan also acknowledges the importance of Early Childhood Education.

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  Agriculture Sector Grows 1.6% In First 4 Years of 12th Five Year Plan

  Agriculture sector grew by an average 1.6 per cent per annum in first four years of the ongoing Five Year Plan (2012-17) as against the targeted 4 per cent annual growth due to lower production.

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  Railways Undertake Public-Private Partnership Projects Worth Rs 14,000 Crore

  Railways have undertaken more than 20 projects worth Rs 14,000 crore during the 12th Five year Plan, including those for laying new lines, doubling the existing ones, enhancing port connectivity and electrifying its network under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.

• Government Clears Rs 493 Cr Outlay to Promote BPOs

  The government has approved the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) for promotion of business process outsourcing (BPO)/ IT-enabled services (ITeS) operations across India with an outlay of about Rs 493 crore during the remaining period of the 12th Five Year Plan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

• Cabinet Approves Rs 950-Crore Coffee Project

  The government on Wednesday approved the Rs 950-crore project for development of the coffee sector in 12th Five Year Plan, with an aim to increase production and exports of the commodity.

• Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram District to Have 33 Sub-Stations During 12th Five Year Plan

  Kancheepuram district, housing one of the largest industrial areas in Tamil Nadu, would have atleast 33 sub-stations by the end of the 12th five year plan, Electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan informed the State Assembly today.

• Budget 2014: Hospitality Sector Body for Rationalising Taxes

  Ahead of the Budget, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has asked the government to rationalise tax structure and provide incentives to mobilise capital investment so as to raise Rs 1.25 lakh crore required to meet the 12th Five Year Plan targets.

• Average economic growth during UPA I & II at 7.7%: Prime Minister

  Agriculture growth rate, it said, has been rising consistently and the sector expanded by 2.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent during the 10th and 11th Five Year Plans, respectively, and expected to touch 4 per cent in the ongoing 12th Plan period.

• Corporate bond market can reach 15% of GDP in 12th Plan: CII

  Prudent policy and regulatory reforms can help the country's corporate bond market to reach a level of 15 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the current Five Year plan (2012-17), a CII survey said.

• India's corporate bond market can reach 15 per cent of GDP on policy reforms: survey

  India's corporate bond market, which stands below 5 per cent of the GDP at present, has the potential to reach to a level of 15 per cent during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) on back of policy and regulatory reforms, according to a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

• RBI could have given stronger signal to push growth: Montek

  Appreciating the decision by the Reserve Bank of India to cut key interest rate by 0.25 per cent, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said it could have given a more robust signal to the industry.

• People have a wrong idea of what the Planning Commission does: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

  The Planning Commission, along with the National Innovation Council, hosted its first Google Hangout on Friday to communicate the objectives of the 12th Five Year Plan via social media in a bid to increase public participation and engagement in growth and welfare issues.

• Growth needed to overcome industrial tension: Montek

  Worried over the industrial unrest witnessed during the two-day nation-wide strike, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Thursday that revival in economic growth will help combat industrial tension.

• Let gas producers charge market rates, 12th Plan proposes

  Natural gas producers like Reliance Industries (RIL) should be allowed to charge market prices, the Plan for next five years adopted by the nation's highest planning body headed by the Prime Minister, has said.