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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors of power, renewable energy, petroleum and natural gas, coal, and mining.

Modi reviews performance of key infrastructure sectors of Energy, Mining

The two-hour-long review meeting was attended by top officials from infrastructure-related Ministries, NITI Aayog.

08 Aug 2018 11:58 AM

Urging Niti Aayog to formulate a policy for waste recycling, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said converting waste into wealth offers a more than Rs 5 lakh crore opportunity in the country.

Waste recycling offers Rs 5,00,000 crore opportunity, says Gadkari

Gadkari said the policy can create huge employment potential and can bolster the country's economic growth.

07 Aug 2018 11:38 AM

Various ministries are hiring consultancy firms for inputs. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Govt officials ill at ease as private role in public policy rises

Senior govt officials said apart from high expenditure, hiring outside firms stunt the in-house competence of ministries.

07 Aug 2018 9:05 AM

Blockchain to help boost ease of biz rank: Niti CEO

“The Prime Minister has brought a paradigm shift in trust in India. Blockchain can help reduce the trust deficit,” he added.

04 Aug 2018 12:06 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors of roads, rural and urban housing, railways, airports and ports.

Narendra Modi reviews progress of infrastructure sectors

The average road length constructed per day in financial year 2017-18 was 26.93 km, compared to 11.67 km in FY 2013-14.

03 Aug 2018 2:56 PM

The NITI Aayog is preparing a strategy document to define clear objectives for 2022-23 in diverse areas that are critical for India's transformation including poverty alleviation, the government said on Thursday.

NITI Aayog working on strategy document to define 2023 objectives

During the discussion Congress leader Jairam Ramesh sought to know what was the criteria to define poverty.

02 Aug 2018 3:20 PM

Agriculture sector must grow at 4 per cent or higher in order to achieve GDP growth rate of 8-10 per cent, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday.

Agriculture sector must grow at 4 pc or higher to boost economy: Kant

Agriculture tech startups have raised over USD 800 million in the last 5 years, he added.

30 Jul 2018 7:35 PM

Niti CEO says 10 pc growth not possible without improving HDI

In 2016 UN Human Development Report, India had slipped one place to rank 131st among 188 countries in HDI.

29 Jul 2018 10:18 AM

Aayog has got a lot lesser funds with a mere Rs 339.65 crore allocated for current fiscal year FY19 as against Rs 2,211.63 crore given in FY16.

Niti Aayog’s role shrinks, sees 87 per cent fall in outlay

Fewer number of centrally sponsored schemes cited as reason for fall in allocation.

27 Jul 2018 9:15 AM

For India to grow at 9-10 per cent for three decades consistently and reap the dividend of demographic advantage, promoting entrepreneurship among women has to be the key strategy, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday.

Women entrepreneurs must for India to grow at 9-10 per cent, says Kant

He also pointed to Khap Panchayats of Haryana for not providing adequate opportunity for health, education and nutrition to women.

16 Jul 2018 1:24 PM

Govt to replace LPG subsidy with cooking subsidy in order to extend the benefits to people using piped natural gas and biofuels for cooking purposes. (Photo: PTI)

Niti Aayog working on proposal to replace LPG subsidy with cooking subsidy: Kumar

Govt subsidises 12 cylinders of 14.2 kg each per household in a year by directly transferring subsidy amount to the users' bank accounts.

16 Jul 2018 12:23 PM

'We are getting backwards in the fastest-growing economy. Now, India is the second worst. Pakistan has managed to shield us from being the worst,' Amartya Sen said. (Photo: File)

Wish Amartya Sen spends some time in India to see structural reforms: NITI Aayog VC

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar was responding to a query regarding Sen's recent remarks about the present government.

15 Jul 2018 3:29 PM

Recently, the Modi government came under particularly severe criticism after the Niti Aayog released employment statistics quoting the EPFO.

Top bureaucrats to counter Opposition’s job jabs

While several Opposition leaders have been saying for a while that demonetisation, followed by GST affected job creation adversely.

15 Jul 2018 6:17 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AFP)

Swachchh Bharat: A mere slogan

Delhi generates more than 10,000 tonnes of garbage every day.

15 Jul 2018 5:50 AM

It is true political leaders get busy in election campaigning and the district administration offices get active in conduct of elections. (Representational image)

It’s an idea that calls for more debate

Due to a lack of cap on total expenditure, political parties spend enormous amounts of money on elections.

15 Jul 2018 12:12 AM

The alarm bells started ringing within the Centre after the WHO database identified several of India’s top cities with some of the highest levels of air pollution.

Niti Aayog: E-vehicles to help curb pollution

Kanpur, Faridabad, Gaya, Varanasi and Patna are the top five most polluted cities in the world.

14 Jul 2018 1:22 AM

The government is mulling over giving target to state public transporters to deploy certain percentage of electric vehicles in their new orders, while it will refrain from coming out with a policy on electric vehicles, a top Niti Aayog official said.

Niti Aayog to set electric vehicle target for state public transporters

The government wants to encourage indigenous production of electric vehicles.

08 Jul 2018 11:01 AM

Narendra Modi here on Tuesday took stock of the situation and discussed financial implications of the proposed raise in MSP with the Niti Aayog and the agriculture ministry.

Cabinet led by Narendra Modi to decide on MSP hike today

The govt is confident of receiving around Rs 13 lakh crore GST revenue this financial year.

04 Jul 2018 12:03 PM

CISF takes over security of UIDAI centre in Delhi

Senior CISF and UIDAI officials were present during the event in which the forces’ flag was unfurled, he said.

03 Jul 2018 5:09 AM

AI is a concept which is aggressively being pushed by the NDA dispensation and the government think tank has been asked to prepare a blueprint on its wider usage in various fields.

Niti Aayog mulls use of AI to manage crowd during Kumbh

Niti Aayog has said that it resulted in achieving 85 per cent accuracy in high crowd activity, crowd size estimation and object detection.

02 Jul 2018 12:16 AM

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