Montek becomes the Depty Chief of Planning Commission

The UPA government at the centre has restructured the Planning Commission and Motek Sigh Ahluwalia will continue as the Deputy Chairman, according to media reports. The other members - Narendra Jadhav, honorary vice-chancellor of Pune University and Mihir Shah, Secretary of Samaj Pragati Sahayog will also be joining the Planning Commission.

The UPA government has also retained other key members of the Planning Commission, however the Primer Minister Manmohan Singh will be the Chairman. The UPA Government has set 100 days agenda and would try to achieve the set goals. It would be interesting to see that budget policy by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, whether the budget will be for aam admi - the common men or will try to protect the industries from the impact of the global slowdown.