Sixth Plan News Today

The plan serves as the foundation for all preliminary preparations before any work begins, aiding in goal setting and resource management. It outlines various aspects, including the nature of the work, and is crucial for achieving specific objectives. In the context of a country’s development, a plan is necessary to implement economic decisions by distributing resources appropriately. In essence, the action plan for achieving objectives within a specific period can be termed a development or e...

The suggestion for sending Rao to Colombo came from Mrs Gandhi and the Sri Lankan President expressed his readiness to receive him. He will have a two-fold job to do in Colombo.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 25, 1983.

Iran sets a target to reach an average annual economic growth of 8% in its new 5-year vision plan.

The Planning Commission, it is understood, is in a serious dilemma over the question of bringing out the midterm appraisal of the Sixth Plan, despite assurance to this effect to Parliament.

An excerpt from ‘India In Search Of Glory: Political Calculus and Economy,’ by Ashok K Lahiri.

Situating constituency funding It is said that the absence of effective local governments creates a gap in service delivery at the grassroots The writer is a senior political economist based in Islamabad. He can be reached at [email protected] Going against his past protestations, the Prime Minister succumbed to constituency pressure by promising development funds of half a billion each to MNAs/MPAs. Luckily, timely court intervention has rescued him from the ignominy. Constituency funding is ...