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NITI Aayog CEO pushes for reforms in India's over-regulated higher ed
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday pitched for more rapid reforms in India's higher education sector.
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Electric vehicle industry wary of FAME-2 rollout
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has raised its concern to NITI Aayog Chairman Amitabh Kant, about the confusion on the continuity of the government's incentives and initiatives to promote electric vehicles under FAME 1 (Faster a
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Digital payment up by 55 percent, notes NITI Aayog
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): An analysis of the current digital payments landscape in the country revealed that during the financial year 2016-17, there has been a 55 percent increase in digital payments, as revealed by Ratan P Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog and former finance sec
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Arvind Panagariya calls for 'optimism' ahead of historic GST rol
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): NITI Aayog's vice chairman Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday asserted that large proportion of traders have already registered in Goods and Service Tax (GST) and appealed for optimism.
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NITI Aayog should invite Kisan Sangh for dialogue: RSS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India] June 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue M.G. Vaidya on Saturday said that the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog should invite the representatives of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) for a dialogue to address the farmers�
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NITI Aayog's 'SATH' initiative to enhance India's educ
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Aiming to initiate development in the country's education and healthcare sectors, the NITI Aayog on Saturday, in association with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, launched its 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital'
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As BJP hopes for bright future of Indian economy, Cong pokes fun at Panaga
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): With India losing the fastest growing major economy tag to China, the Congress on Saturday poked fun at NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya's comment that India is poised for a 7.5 percent sustained growth rate within a few years and averred that
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Can't spend more taxpayers' money clearing Air India's debt
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): In the wake of reports surfacing on the apparent privatisation of the national carrier Air India, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Wednesday asserted that owing to the voluminous debts linked with the airline, privatisation is the only feasible o
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Organised sector crucial to growth in employment: NITI Aayog
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 12 (ANI): Stressing on the importance self-employment outside agriculture, Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog said India is a largely informal and an unorganised economy with about 90 percent of the people employed in the informal sector.
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NITI Aayog to partner with UP for holistic development
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): In a marked departure from the past practices and keeping in mind the spirit of co-operative federalism, a high level delegation led by NITI Vice Chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya held a day-long deliberation in Lucknow on developmental challenges before Uttar P
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NITI Aayog meets Yogi Adityanath with blueprint to transform UP
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New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): In a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the NITI Aayog on Wednesday presented a road map on possible techniques that the state could embark on to move towards development and reach the end of becoming a modern state.
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NITI Aayog's proposal will destroy regional parties: Lalu Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 3 (ANI): Asserting that NITI Aayog's proposal is an attempt to completely destroy regional leadership, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav stated that the plan will solely benefit the upper class.
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