Date:17/06/2004 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/06/17/stories/2004061702090400.htm

Back Montek appointed Deputy Chairman of Plan panel

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New Delhi , June 16

THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has reconstituted the Planning Commission with Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the Deputy Chairman, an official statement said here today.

Other members of the Commission are Dr Kirit Parekh, former Director of Indira Gandhi Development Research Institute; Dr V.L. Chopra, former Director General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research; Dr Balchandra Mungekar, Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University; Dr Abhijit Sen, former Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and at present a Professor at JNU; Dr Syeda Hamid, Member, National Commission for Women; Dr B.N. Yugandhar, former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Institute of Administration, Mussoorie; and Dr Anwar Ul Hoda, former Deputy Director General (WTO) and at present Professor at International Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER).