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Basu panel projects cut in subsidies in 12th Plan
A Planning Commission group, headed by chief economic adviser Kaushik Basu, has projected a sharp cut in subsidies in the 12th Plan. Against almost 103 per cent rise in subsidies in the XIth plan (2007-08 to 2011-12), one of the projections of the group scaled down subsidies to a 9.65 per cent rise to Rs 2.18 lakh crore in the concluding year of Plan from Rs 1.99 lakh crore in the first year of the