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The government today said the number of jobs in textiles and allied sectors is projected to rise by 15.81 million to 121 million by the end of 12th Five-Year Plan.
Determined to meet the target of providing electricity to all households by 2017, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said he has requested the Finance Minister to allocate Rs 36,000 crore under the 12th Five Year Plan for a flagship rural electricity programme.
Terming piracy as the prime reason for the decline of the home-video market, the government on Tuesday said it will launch an anti-piracy awareness drive in the 12th Five-Year Plan period
Government today approved the proposal to extend the ongoing scheme for erdication of dry toilets in urban areas into the 12th Five Year Plan with revised features and cost estimates.
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has proposed to set up a rural development flexi (RDF) fund worth Rs 40,000 crore, wherein the Centre will pay 70 percent of the amount.
India is aiming to get back on higher growth trajectory of 8 percent as it would help in generating more jobs and promoting inclusive growth, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Thursday
The government today approved the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) document that aims to achieve annual average economic growth rate of 8.2 per cent, down from from 9 per cent envisaged earlier, in view of fragile global recovery.
Full Planning Commission has approved 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) document, said deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. "Planning Commission has endorsed lowering gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 8.2 from 9% for 12th plan."
Unfazed by large scale protests over diesel price hike, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted it was a step in the right direction and expressed the hope that economy would rebound in the second half of the current fiscal.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the 12th five Year Plan (2012-2017) was targeting an 8.2% growth in the economy.
For the first time in the history of planning in India, the 12th Five Year Plan will spell out state-specific growth targets and fix monitorable parameters for social sector indicators like infant mortality and student enrollment ratio.
Plan panel today said that it will be difficult to set 9% annual average economic growth target in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) in view of the impact of uncertain global economic situation on India.
"Water should be appropriately priced for the industry to sustain high growth and to ensure its efficient use," Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Tuesday.
Highlighting the strong growth in its urban population, India, one of the densest nations in the world, today said that it is working on ways to use its land more efficiently.
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