Tag «Planning Commission»

Hanumappa Sudarshan Honoured as India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014

Hanumappa Sudarshan named India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 by Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence of India at a high-level award celebration in New Delhi New Delhi, India, 4 November 2014 – The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organization of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation …

Steel on Stilts? – Chawm Ganguly

The Rupee is on a free fall. And naturally, in its wake, it has dealt a body blow to all industries dependent on imports. Take metallurgical coke for instance. This vital raw material for those producing steel through the blast furnace route is rising, reflecting the Rupee-Dollar dichotomies.  While the merchant coking coal companies are …

Demand and Supply of Power

The 18th Electric Power Survey (EPS) of India conducted by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) have made year-wise forecast for Electrical Energy Requirement and Peak Electric Load at Power Station Bus Bars (utilities only) for the 12th Plan (i.e. 2012-13 to 2016-17) for all States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh. As per Planning Commission, the capacity addition of 88,537 …

First Ever Hackathon by the Planning Commission on the 12th Plan

The Planning Commission and the National Innovation Council are organising the first ever Hackathon on the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) on 6th – 7th April 2013. The Hackathon is being organised simultaneously in 11 locations across India and participants can also join virtually. The event is taking place at University of Jammu, IIT Delhi, …

PM’s Closing Remarks at 57th Meeting of NDC

Following are the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s closing remarks at the 57TH meeting of National Development Council in New Delhi today: “We have had a very full and long day of deliberations. I thank all Chief Ministers for complying with the electronically imposed time limit. Had they not complied with the limit, we would …