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  IndiGo appoints Amitabh Kant as non-executive director, says he will be invaluable for airline

  Business | July 03, 2025 21:24 IST

  IndiGo board chairman Vikram Singh Mehta welcomed the appointment, saying Amitabh Kant brings deep administrative and strategic experience and his global exposure and leadership will be invaluable to IndiGo, especially as we look to expand our international footprint.

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  Bibek Debroy dies: A Kolkata boy who shaped India's economic and intellectual landscape

  India | November 01, 2024 11:56 IST

  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.

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  Gujarat to establish GRIT think-tank on Niti Aayog model: CM Bhupendra Patel

  Gujarat | July 27, 2024 16:59 IST

  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.

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  Kejriwal, Mann and KCR to skip NITI Aayog event, scheduled to meet on ordinance in Hyderabad

  India | May 27, 2023 6:19 IST

  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.

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  Indian economy to grow at around 6.5 pc in FY24 despite US, Europe bank crisis: NITI Aayog

  Business | April 30, 2023 11:56 IST

  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.

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  Kerala retains top rank, Bihar at bottom in NITI Aayog's SDG Index 2021

  India | June 03, 2021 13:49 IST

  Kerala has retained the top rank in NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer

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  NITI Aayog selects Jammu and Kashmir for pilot project on UNDP SDGs

  India | February 28, 2020 21:08 IST

  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).

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  USD 5 trillion economy too idealistic: Niti Aayog committee official

  Business | February 24, 2020 22:31 IST

  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.

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  India's story has just begun: Amitabh Kant

  World | December 14, 2019 7:32 IST

  "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.

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  PMO focuses on 'construction sector', creating jobs

  India | December 05, 2019 9:18 IST

  "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.

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  Dipam, Niti Aayog aim to cut govt stake in select CPSEs to below 51%

  Business | September 29, 2019 11:37 IST

  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.

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  Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district tops Niti's development rankings

  Business | July 18, 2019 22:18 IST

  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.

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  CMs of Himalayan states to meet on July 29

  Politics | July 12, 2019 16:21 IST

  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.

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  Niti Aayog's Governing Council to meet on June 15

  India | June 04, 2019 16:20 IST

  The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several union ministers and senior government officials.

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  Every Indian to own smartphone in 5 years, says Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

  India | January 17, 2018 16:44 IST

  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.

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  After note ban, govt may move to curtail taxman's discretionary powers: NITI Ayog’s Arvind Panagariya

  December 02, 2016 16:52 IST

  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.

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  Future requires transformational change, says PM Modi; asks NITI Aayog to prepare road map for next 15 yrs

  Politics | July 29, 2016 9:05 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the NITI Aayog to prepare a road map for country's transformational change in the next 15 years.

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  Civil society wary as govt moves to create NGO database to monitor funds

  India | July 12, 2016 19:21 IST

  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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  India as a democracy better placed than EU: Arvind Panagariya

  March 26, 2016 16:23 IST

  India as a democracy better placed than EU: Arvind Panagariya

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  Mamata Banerjee seeks Rs. 21,000 crore flood relief from PM Modi

  Politics | August 13, 2015 16:03 IST

  New Delhi:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought Rs. 21,000 crore for flood relief package for undertaking rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the flood-devastated areas of the