This is part of the overall plans of the government to lay down procedure and mechanism for monetisation of non-core assets of CPSEs, which include mainly land and buildings
Vice President Rajiv Kumar also pitched for segregating different aspects of Reserve Bank's responsibilities
Committee chairman says NPPA should be made independent and stronger
Contrary to what some have said, NITI Aayog's 'Strategy for New India @75' attempts to provide a framework for making development a mass movement
The development areas include health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development, and basic infrastructure
Goa, Manipur and Kerala are front-runners in curbing malnutrition
The recommendation on replacing the MSP with a minimum reserve price, which acts as a floor for auction in mandis, will also be difficult to implement, given the multiplicity of mandis in India
Strategy documents like our Plans and other vision documents have a lot of good statements. In fact of late even political Manifestoes have similar content
The acceleration in economic growth, it has said, must be inclusive, sustained, 'clean' and formalised
States are best placed to assess where the distress is and what palliatives are given, says Niti Aayog's V-C Rajiv Kumar
It also said the government should work towards developing tourism infrastructure
The strategy document also stressed on levying heavy penalties on contractors for poor quality of operations and maintenance into contracts across all contract modes
Niti Aayog's 'New India' document lacks fresh ideas
The development strategy includes doubling farmers' income, boosting 'Make in India', upgrading the science, technology and innovation ecosystem, and promoting sunrise sectors
According to the NITI Aayog's strategy, the government aims to increase tax-to-GDP ratio to 22 per cent
On social security, the Niti Aayog report asked the government to enact a comprehensive occupational health and safety legislation based on risk assessment and employer-worker cooperation
On sectoral basis, growth in the manufacturing gross value added has to be 14.6% year after year
But a new health authority shouldn't usurp states' powers
Kumar said that the former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has done great disfavour to officers of CSO by criticising back-series GDP data
Niti Aayog lauded the state for its work in the fields of sanitation, rural housing, water resources, power