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Centre constitutes committee for extension of industrial package for hill
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.30 (ANI): Union Minister Of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman told Shimla Member Parliament Virender Kashyap that a Committee of Secretaries under the Chairmanship of NITI Aayog has been constituted for formulating new industrial policy for hill s
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BHIM has achieved world record with 17 million downloads, says Amitabh Kan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Talking about the performance of the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app of the government, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that the app has successfully recorded 17 million downloads so far, which is a world record in itself.
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Concept of Digital Payments has seen a mass movement in India, says Amitab
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Addressing the media on the progress in making Digital Payments a mass movement in India, CEO Niti Aayog Amitabh Kant said that there are nearly 10 lakh citizens who have so far got reward money of over Rs. 153.5 crore for embracing digital payments.
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Indian missile technology at par with global standards, says Chief Scienti
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): Describing India as an established missile power, Dr V.K. Saraswat, member the Niti Aayog, and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, on Firday said the Indian missile technologies are at par with global standards.
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PM attends NITI Aayog's interaction with economists on 'Economic
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended an interactive session with economists and other experts, organised by NITI Aayog, on the theme "Economic Policy - The Road Ahead."
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PM Modi to take stock of economy with experts
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take stock of the economy with experts at NITI Aayog on Tuesday against the backdrop of currency crunch post demonetisation and discuss ways to speed up growth.
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Inclusion of arts, culture to add soul to smart cities: Amitabh Kant
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [ANI], Dec.20 (ANI): Complementing FICCI for raising the issue of inclusion of art and culture into city infrastructure, which he said is long overdue, Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog said, "We must look into incorporating creative arts into the smart cities project."
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India not going to be a cashless economy overnight : Bibek Debroy
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 19(ANI): Well known economist and NITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy on Monday said that India is not going to be a cashless economy over night as the use of hard cash is very high presently.
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NITI Aayog member says "too early to calculate demonetisation effects
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): In what may irk the Congress Party questioning the implementation of demonetisation, NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy on Monday said that former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh is mistaken in saying that this move would hurt the nation's GDP and growth.
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Congress slams NITI Aayog's scheme to incentivise digital payments
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 11 (ANI): Slamming the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog's decision to reward Rs.1 crore for promoting e-payment, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Sunday questioned the government whether cashless exchange was more important to it than po
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NPCI proposes scheme to incentivise digital payments
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): With an aim to ensure that electronic payments are adopted by all sections of the society, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has requested National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), a not for profit company, to conceptualise and
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NITI Aayog to provide Rs 5 lakh per district
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.5 (ANI): To encourage each district in the country to take the digitization route without fear, the NITI Aayog will be immediately transferring Rs.5 lakh to every one of them as seed money to kick start this drive.
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