Planning Commision

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  Pak Poll Body Rejects Resolution Seeking Delay In February 8 Elections

  Pakistan election commission rejected a resolution passed by the Senate earlier this month seeking a delay in the February 8 general election, stating that all arrangements have been completed and it won't be "advisable" to put off the planned polls.

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  Economist Abhijit Sen Dies At 72

  Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72.

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  Competition Commission Okays HDFC Bank's Stake Buy In HDFC ERGO

  Competition Commission of India has cleared HDFC Bank's acquisition of 4.99 per cent stake in HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

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  Punjab, Goa Elections 2017: Election Commission's Media Brief Highlights

  Punjab and Goa voted for key state elections today, with around 2 crore eligible voters deciding the fate of more than 1,300 candidates. Voting began at 7 am in Goa, 8 am in Punjab and ended at 5 pm in both the states. Preliminary reports said that around 70 per cent of voters voted in Punjab while in Goa the turnout was 83 per cent. The elections ...

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  Poll Commission Plans Strategy To Stop Use Of Drugs To Lure Punjab Voters

  With assembly elections slated to be held in Punjab next year, the Election Commission will set up a special task force to tackle the misuse of drugs and liquor to lure voters.

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  Election Commission to Push Multiple Cut-Off Dates Proposal to Enrol Voters

  Unfazed by legal hurdles in its plan to register young citizens as voters as soon as they turn 18, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to approach the government to push its proposal to have multiple cut-off dates to enrol voters.

• Myanmar Cancels Planned Parliamentary By-Election

  Myanmar's Union Election Commission said on Sunday it is canceling by-elections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats.

• Government policies misinterpreted as scams: planning commission member

  Saumitra Chaudhuri, member of planning commision, told an investor conference that government policies were misinterpreted as scams and that the 5.3 per cent Q4 GDP data could be revised.

• Planning Commission faces flak, blames data discrepancy for low poverty line

  Facing flak over latest poverty numbers, the Planning Commission today admitted that there is serious discrepancy in NSSO data and national accounts which led to pegging poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities.