'The critical issue now is implementation of schemes'

摘要

The office of the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, the country's preeminent policy-making body, has gone into the hands of an economist of proven caliber and a seasoned bureaucrat who never belonged to the country's so-called steel frame. For Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the assignment ahead of undertaking a midterm appraisal of the Tenth Plan (2002-07) is a challenging one. He has the unenviable remit to undertake a review of the plethora of schemes of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), carefully sift the irrelevant ones and integrate whatever meritorious ones onto the new schemes of priorities set forth in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government led by the Congress Party.