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Best of BS Opinion: Reforming NITI Aayog, Adani-Holcim deal, and more

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NDAP's standardisation drive: Big shot at making govt data more accessible

While challenges do exist, the platform is focused on making official data contemporary with a constant mechanism of additions and updates

Reforming the NITI Aayog

The policy think tank must move beyond research and programme planning to long-term strategy formulation

Like CNG, EV battery management systems need more investment, scrutiny

In the same way that compressed natural gas systems were aligned to Indian climate conditions, a better choice of battery cells and battery design is quite imperative now

How ONDC is set to democratise and transform India's e-commerce landscape

While the pilot is being conducted in five cities - Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Bhopal and Shillong - ONDC is on course for a pan-India launch by August that will see it introduced across 100 cities

Explained: How different procurement modes reduced EV bus prices for cities

Five cities - Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Surat - ceded their power of procurement and agreed to a different procurement model to operate state-run buses

Push to Gatishakti: Centre firms up screening of public-funded projects

To ensure these have logistics & infrastructure connectivity, before it receives Cabinet nod

Explained: Why India's 2025 ethanol blending target may not be a good idea

India's target to have 20% ethanol blended in petrol will have to bring more land under cultivation of raw material, and that may affect food security. Yet, emissions will not reduce drastically

EV fire incidents: Niti Aayog member V K Saraswat flags imported cells

Foreign battery cells may not be suitable for Indian conditions: VK Saraswat

Will equip PM, ministers with ways to deal with uncertain world: Suman Bery

'NITI should be seen as an honest broker between the Centre and states', said Bery

WHO report on excess Covid deaths in India 'untenable': Health experts

According to the report, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths in India -- 10 times the official figures and almost a third of Covid deaths globally

Google India appoints ex-Niti Ayog joint secretary as head of public policy

Gulati was looking after digital communications policy matters at the government think tank and took voluntary retirement in April last year

Agri trade beyond the Ukraine war

India's chances of becoming a stable supplier of wheat are limited in the absence of a long-term policy on foodgrain exports

India and Germany ink agreement for cooperation in agro-ecology

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze signed a declaration in this regard in a virtual meeting, an official statement

Eminent economist Suman Bery takes charge as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman

Eminent economist Suman Bery on Sunday took charge as the Vice Chairman of the government think tank Niti Aayog, according to an official statement.

NITI Aayog bats for pricing freedom on natural gas in India

NITI Aayog favours selling all natural gas through the Indian Gas Exchange

An informed NITI

The think tank should fill policy gaps

Will Rajiv Kumar's exit change the rules of the game in NITI Aayog

Aayog will have third vice-chairperson from the next month, while erstwhile Planning Commission that NITI replaced, Montek Singh Ahluwalia had an unhindered stint of almost 10 years as deputy chairman

Niti Aayog's draft EV battery policy leaves too many unanswered questions

The mode of financing vehicles without a battery has not been spelt out

Rajiv Kumar steps down as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman; Suman Bery replaces him

Suman Bery is non-resident fellow at Bruegel, a European think tank specializing in economics.