Debroy was celebrated for his extensive contributions to economic policy and research. He also chaired the Finance Ministry's 'Expert Committee for Infrastructure Classification and Financing Framework for Amrit Kaal.
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel announced the establishment of GRIT, a think-tank modelled after NITI Aayog, to drive state development. Presenting the 'Gujarat@2047 Roadmap,' Patel emphasised improving quality of life and economic growth.
Opposition leaders resorted to a new kind of politics in which they are quitting the Centre-related events. Earlier, they announced to boycott of the inauguration of Parliament, now Punjab, Delhi and Telangana CMs reportedly decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting.
Recently, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank projected moderation in Indian economic growth between 6.3 per cent and 6.4 per cent due to a slowdown in consumption and challenging external conditions.
Kerala has retained the top rank in NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer
NITI Aayog has selected the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for the first pilot project on Sustained Developmental Goals during which the J&K administration would get a chance to work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The government's target of achieving a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25 sounds "too idealistic", a Niti Aayog committee official said on Monday.
"There is a great positivity about India," NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant told PTI in an interview as he wound up his three-city US tour for a series of interaction with academicians, innovators, startups, corporate leaders and government officials in Boston, New York and Washington DC.
"The CCEA has considered proposal of NITI Aayog (on November 20) and has approved that 75 per cent of such payments will be paid by the government entities to contractors against a bank guarantee and not for its interest component," says the confidential letter addressed to Cabinet Secretary, Law Ministry and other departments concerned.
The government will start consultations soon with Niti Aayog and Energy and Petroleum Ministries to bring down its equity holding below 51 per cent, including change of norms and modes of doing the stake dilution in very few select PSUs, to begin with.
Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district has topped the ranking of aspirational districts by Niti Aayog for May 2019. Kondagaon was followed by Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Pakur(Jharkhand), the Niti Aayog said in a tweet.
Making the announcement, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said heads of the Finance commission and Niti Aayog would also participate in the one-day conference at the hill resort of Mussoorie.
The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several union ministers and senior government officials.
Speaking at the India Digital Summit organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), Kant said there were nearly 400 million smartphone users in the country.
Taking its fight against black money a step further, the government may soon eliminate discretionary powers of tax officers in deciding liabilities for evasion, Arvind Panagariya, the vice-chairman of the NITI Ayog has said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the NITI Aayog to prepare a road map for country's transformational change in the next 15 years.
A move to keep a check on the funding of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) by the Narendra Modi government has left the civil society jittery.
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