Planning Commission Restructuring

Four BBC staff members on Tuesday announced plans to leave the organisation and form a new entity in India named Collective Newsroom, which will provide services "as commissioned by the BBC" and in compliance with the country's FDI laws.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it plans to create a new space bureau by restructuring its International Bureau and creating a standalone Office of International Affairs. The telecom regulator wants the new Space Bureau to address the growing number of satellite launches and policy issues, and the decision comes af...

The name, replacing "Yojana (planning)" with "Niti (policy)" will be announced in an amended resolution for the new plan body, which, sources say, will have up to five full-time members and four union ministers.

India's Planning Commission will be renamed "Neeti Ayog" as part of a restructuring plan announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.

Seeking to strengthen cooperative federalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that states must have a greater role in the new body which will replace the existing Planning Commission. Most chief ministers have favoured an alternative structure that would replace the Planning Commission, in which states would have more participation, Un...

A meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the future of the Planning Commission on Sunday saw most chief ministers favouring restructuring of the body but there was no consensus on disbanding the existing setup.

The Congress today opposed the government's decision to replace the Planning Commission with a new body terming it a "kneejerk and half-baked decision" and favoured a "restructuring instead of dismantling" of the plan panel.

The term of the Deputy Chairman and Members of the Commission is coterminous with that of the Prime Minister and all of them have resigned following the change of government last month after the general elections.

The Planning Commission and other high-level panels such as the Expert Committee on Road Map for Coal Sector Reforms, also known as the T L Shankar Committee, had recommended restructuring CIL in view of the rapidly increasing demand for coal, the need to enhance production and to make the sector competitive

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) has laid off about 22,700 jobs as of July as part of its multi-year restructuring programme to cut costs.

The Coal Ministry has invited proposals from nine shortlisted firms, including ICICI Securities, KPMG, Ernst & Young, McKinsey, Deloitte and Crisil, for restructuring of state-run miner Coal India Ltd (CIL).

Loans worth a staggering Rs 1.5 lakh extended to state-run power distribution companies might need restructuring

Four BBC staff members on Tuesday announced plans to leave the organisation and form a new entity in India named Collective Newsroom, which will provide services "as commissioned by the BBC" and in compliance with the country's FDI laws.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it plans to create a new space bureau by restructuring its International Bureau and creating a standalone Office of International Affairs. The telecom regulator wants the new Space Bureau to address the growing number of satellite launches and policy issues, and the decision comes af...

The name, replacing "Yojana (planning)" with "Niti (policy)" will be announced in an amended resolution for the new plan body, which, sources say, will have up to five full-time members and four union ministers.

India's Planning Commission will be renamed "Neeti Ayog" as part of a restructuring plan announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.

Seeking to strengthen cooperative federalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that states must have a greater role in the new body which will replace the existing Planning Commission. Most chief ministers have favoured an alternative structure that would replace the Planning Commission, in which states would have more participation, Un...

A meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the future of the Planning Commission on Sunday saw most chief ministers favouring restructuring of the body but there was no consensus on disbanding the existing setup.

The Congress today opposed the government's decision to replace the Planning Commission with a new body terming it a "kneejerk and half-baked decision" and favoured a "restructuring instead of dismantling" of the plan panel.

The term of the Deputy Chairman and Members of the Commission is coterminous with that of the Prime Minister and all of them have resigned following the change of government last month after the general elections.

The Planning Commission and other high-level panels such as the Expert Committee on Road Map for Coal Sector Reforms, also known as the T L Shankar Committee, had recommended restructuring CIL in view of the rapidly increasing demand for coal, the need to enhance production and to make the sector competitive

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) has laid off about 22,700 jobs as of July as part of its multi-year restructuring programme to cut costs.

The Coal Ministry has invited proposals from nine shortlisted firms, including ICICI Securities, KPMG, Ernst & Young, McKinsey, Deloitte and Crisil, for restructuring of state-run miner Coal India Ltd (CIL).

Loans worth a staggering Rs 1.5 lakh extended to state-run power distribution companies might need restructuring