Seven-eight eastern states holding India back: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
August 30, 2017 15:22 ISTAmitabh Kant said analysis showed that there are close to 200 districts where there was a failure in terms of education, health and nutrition.
Amitabh Kant said analysis showed that there are close to 200 districts where there was a failure in terms of education, health and nutrition.
The survey covers over 3,000 enterprises across India and makes an effort to assess ease of doing business from their perspective as opposed to the perspective of policy makers.
The Niti Aayog has favoured conducting synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and assembly elections from 2024 in "national interest"
The three-year action agenda proposed substantial expansion in public spending on education, health, agriculture, rural development, defence, railways and roads by 2019-20.
India has good prospects of achieving over 8 per cent growth within 2-3 years, Niti Aayog said on Thursday, while suggesting a host of reforms to ensure prosperity for all the 125 crore citizens
The Prime Minister was addressing a gathering of startups and entrepreneurs at NITI Aayog's 'Champions of Change' programme in the capital
PM Modi today said his government is taking steps to uproot corruption that had become institutionalised, and promised more measures to ease the common man's problems.
Panagariya, who took over the reins of a body that was set up after dismantling the Planning Commission that used to set five-year growth roadmaps, dismissed reports of any differences or dual power centres in NITI Aayog were reasons for his exit.
Economist Rajiv Kumar has been appointed the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog in place of Arvind Panagariya, said informed sources.
Arvind Panagariya has said that he intends to return to academia and August 31 will be his last day as the Vice-Chairman of Niti Aayog.
India is likely to clock a 7.5 per cent economic growth in the current fiscal, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has claimed.
"Over-regulation needs to be completely scrapped. We should be facilitators instead of being inspectors. We are working to create an easy and simple regulatory framework," Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.
NITI Aayog member Saraswat said that there had been a slump in the economy following the demonetisation of high-value currency in November last year.
According to NITI Aayog, this steep rise in a single year is in sharp contrast to the 28 per cent increase over a five-year period ending 2015-16.
The present GST tax rates are divided into four slabs -- 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent -- as decided by the powerful GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister.
Government think-tank NITI Aayog has drawn up an exhaustive plan for achieving the target of doubling farmers' income in five years ending 2022-23.
Niti Aayog has said centrally funded educational institutions that are performing well will get more financial and operational autonomy.
Panagariya said that India, on an annual basis, is ahead of China and will regain the growth momentum soon on the back of host of reforms initiated by the Narendra Modi Modi government.
Severe underemployment and not unemployment is a more serious problem as a job that needs to be done by one person is often performed by two or more workers, Niti Aayog has said.
NITI Aayog also suggested that government should consider more tax incentives to promote EVs so that they can be made available to people at reduced cost.
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