India retains the 40th Position in Global Innovation Index 2023
Oct 01, 2023, at 12:57 am
New Delhi: India retained the 40th position out of 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2023, reflecting a remarkable journey from its 81st rank in 2015 to this notable achievement.
PM Modi to chair NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on May 27
May 18, 2023, at 06:09 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to preside over the governing council meeting of NITI Aayog on 27th May, media reports said.
PLI scheme: Govt clears Rs 357 cr for Foxconn India for phone manufacturing
Dec 22, 2022, at 02:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has given the green signal to a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme of over Rs 400 crore for Foxconn India and Padget Electronics for mobile phone manufacturing.
New Niti Aayog CEO: An Inspired Choice for an Aspirational India
Jul 02, 2022, at 05:00 pm
The Government of India, late last week, announced the appointment of Mr Parameswaran Iyer, formerly of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), as the new CEO of Niti Aayog, the nation’s apex policy-making body.
Green financing critical to decarbonizing the Indian transport sector: NITI Aayog CEO
Feb 23, 2022, at 05:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: More financial instruments are required to provide a further impetus to clean mobility in India, especially shared mobility, while focussing on financing mechanisms that are widely applicable, acceptable, and, most importantly, sustainable, according to NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
Niti Aayog led study bats for priority sector lending tag to electric vehicles
Jan 22, 2022, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/UNI: The NITI Aayog along with Rocky Mountain Institute has sought priority sector lending status for electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) priority-sector lending guidelines which can help unlock EV financing market of Rs 40,000 crore by 2025 and achieve COP26 targets.
Dec 23, 2021, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has come up with a Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP), which will enable innovators and entrepreneurs in India to have access to the innovation ecosystem in 22 scheduled languages by the government of India.
Niti Aayog proposes idea of 'full-stack' digital banks, seeks comments
Nov 25, 2021, at 04:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Government think tank Niti Ayog has proposed setting up of “full-stack" digital banks to solve and mitigate credit penetration challenges by utilising the unprecedented level of technology-led digitization and digital disruption in the country.
Indian govt committed to progress in east and northeast: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant Tuesday said the Indian government is fully committed to ensure all measures are taken towards enhancing the progress in the eastern and northeastern region of the country.
Niti Aayog anchors PLI dashboard plan
Sep 13, 2021, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Niti Aayog, the public policy think tank, has started anchoring a dashboard showing real-time data on production-linked incentives (PLI).
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launches National Monetisation Pipeline
Aug 24, 2021, at 04:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday launched the asset monetisation pipeline of Central ministries and public sector entities: ‘National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP Volumes 1 & 2)’.
Indian economy will have double digit growth in 2021-22, says Niti Aayog vice-chairman: Report
Jul 12, 2021, at 12:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian economy will achieve a double digit growth in the current fiscal 2020-21,Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said, adding that the country's disinvestment also looks better.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's tenure extended by two years
Jun 26, 2019, at 06:25 pm
New Delhi, Jun 26 (UNI) Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant’s tenure was extended for two years till June 30, 2021 by the Government on Wednesday.
Committee under Niti Aayog to be set -up
Feb 01, 2019, at 02:36 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) : A Committee under NITI Aayog will be set-up to complete the task of identifying De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic communities not yet formally classified.
Report claiming unemployment highest in 45 years not verified: NITI Aayog
Jan 31, 2019, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): In the midst of a political blame-game over an unemployment report on India ahead of a high-octane general election this year, NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the central government, said the said survey report claiming highest unemployment rate in 2017-2018 in 45 years is not verified, media reports said.
Sep 03, 2018, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said that note ban, which was carried out by the Centre in 2016, was not the reason behind the country's economic slowdown.
May 17, 2018, at 09:13 pm
Kolkata, May 17 (IBNS): This year West Bengal has scored better than before in indices for facilitating Ease of Doing Business, said NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kantan at an interactive session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, on Thursday.
NITI Aayog launches Women Entrepreneurship Platform on International Women’s Day
Mar 08, 2018, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi, Mar 8 (IBNS): NITI Aayog, on Thursday, launched the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
GDP growth will become more robust in 2018-19: NITI Aayog
Jan 06, 2018, at 12:09 am
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar has said that the GDP growth will become more robust in 2018-19.