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Budget 2020: Centre may announce sops for states for pollution control

The Commission submitted its interim report for 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this month

PMO, FinMin to hold Budget 2020 meetings to discuss ideas to boost economy

Besides the scheduled meetings, the sources said, the PMO is expected to hold several meetings with top secretaries, officials on various ongoing schemes

Govt reforms will make India a very competitive, efficient economy: Kant

Replying to a question on the economic growth figures, which are among the lowest in recent years, Kant said these were short-term indicators and that India was on track to be a USD 5 trillion economy

NITI mulls health system for middle class not covered by Ayushman Bharat

The report was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar in the presence of Bill Gates, the co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Unclogging the liquidity flow

While easing procedures against arbitration awards helps, more needs to be done to boost infra

Green economy to the economy's rescue

India's economy needs a renewed boost of structural reforms, just when a second generation of green policies is also needed

$5-trillion GDP needs 12.4% nominal growth a year, says NITI Aayog

This is 0.4 percentage points higher than estimated by the Economic Survey for 2018-19, owing to a slowing economy

Govt to now offer coal mines to private companies only for commercial work

Captive production allowed, companies can sell coal in open market

NITI Aayog hasn't rejected offer to bring medical devices under CDSCO: Govt

It also proposes a penalty of up to Rs 1 crore on the manufacturers or importers for faulty medical devices having adverse impacts on patients.

Need to adopt AI to collect more scientific agri-data: Chief Statistician

One of the reason for considerable time gap in availability of quality data, Chand said that the welfare country is still depend on manual reporting from revenue officials.

Low health care expenditure to impact risk-pooling model: NITI Aayog

Think tank plans building up system for middle class, which isn't covered under any health scheme

Niti's National Energy Policy to be umbrella plan for all energy ministries

National Energy Policy to become guiding policy for half a dozen ministries

UP govt seeks Niti Aayog's help for release of Rs 46,000 cr central funds

49 state depts were to get Rs 69,459 cr in all during 2019-20, of which Rs 22,588 cr or less than a third of the total was released in first six months of the current fiscal

NITI Aayog to soon release a report on health system for new India

The report reveals India's health system as a story of multiple fragmentations

Govt trying to revive 10 rivers in UP: CM Adityanath to NITI Aayog

Adityanath said that old wells and ponds are being revived, especially in the Bundelkhand region

Towards a sensible gold policy

The industry should not be overregulated in the name of developing it or curbing black money

Must review Essential Commodities Act to protect farmers' interest: Niti VC

Organic or natural farming is the sunrise sector of Indian agriculture, Kumar said, adding exports from this sector have risen significantly and have great potential for growth.

Bargaining by India should not close its doors at RCEP: Arvind Panagariya

My hope remains that we bargain hard but in good faith and with the intention to eventually join the grouping, says Panagariya

Centre to tweak competition law and tune it with new-age digital economy

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar highlighted the need for the CCI to develop oversight capabilities on data-related businesses, so as to prevent the amassing of power in a single conglomerate

Govt issues sanction to prosecute ex- Niti Aayog CEO, others in INX case

The govt had already sanctioned the prosecution of former finance minister P Chidambaram in February this year