योजना आयोग खत्म करने की खबर पर आज के टेलीग्राफ ने अपना पूरा पहला पेज इस खबर को समर्पित कर दिया। इस पेज में काफी रोचक जानकारियाँ हैं।
ONE DINO DOWN
- Jurassic plan panel set to be replaced
The proposed commission will act not only as an economic and human development think tank but also as a body that plans and monitors the implementation of mega projects and industrial areas, liaising with state governments to get the projects up and running within a timeframe.
Modi feels the plan panel — a Jurassic-era relic of the command economy — has outlived its utility in the new age where the larger chunk of the economy is in private hands, and where the State’s role is that of a catalyst rather than a Soviet-style target setter.
Those days of commanding heights