Niti Aayog
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India likely to clock 7.5 pc growth this fiscal, creation of 'good jobs a challenge: Arvind Panagariya
Jul 23, 2017, 06:32 PM ISTIndia is likely to clock a 7.5 per cent economic growth in the current fiscal, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has claimed.
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India's higher education sector over-regulated: Niti Aayog
India | Jul 14, 2017, 09:42 PM IST"Over-regulation needs to be completely scrapped. We should be facilitators instead of being inspectors. We are working to create an easy and simple regulatory framework," Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.
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Digital transactions rising in unorganised sector: NITI Aayog member
Jul 14, 2017, 03:21 PM ISTNITI Aayog member Saraswat said that there had been a slump in the economy following the demonetisation of high-value currency in November last year.
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Digital payments shoot up by 55 pc in 2016-17: NITI Aayog
Jul 04, 2017, 02:10 PM ISTAccording to NITI Aayog, this steep rise in a single year is in sharp contrast to the 28 per cent increase over a five-year period ending 2015-16.
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Multiple rates a key problem with present GST, says Bibek Debroy
Jun 30, 2017, 03:58 PM ISTThe present GST tax rates are divided into four slabs -- 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent -- as decided by the powerful GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister.
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NITI Aayog charts doubling farmers’ income strategy
Jun 24, 2017, 11:33 PM ISTGovernment think-tank NITI Aayog has drawn up an exhaustive plan for achieving the target of doubling farmers' income in five years ending 2022-23.
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Institutions' autonomy hinges on academic quality: Niti Aayog
Jun 18, 2017, 01:21 PM ISTNiti Aayog has said centrally funded educational institutions that are performing well will get more financial and operational autonomy.
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India to regain crown of fastest growing major economy: Arvind Panagariya
Jun 02, 2017, 05:15 PM ISTPanagariya said that India, on an annual basis, is ahead of China and will regain the growth momentum soon on the back of host of reforms initiated by the Narendra Modi Modi government.
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Severe underemployment more serious than unemployment: Niti Aayog
May 28, 2017, 12:40 PM ISTSevere underemployment and not unemployment is a more serious problem as a job that needs to be done by one person is often performed by two or more workers, Niti Aayog has said.
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Limit diesel, petrol vehicles; encourage electric vehicles: NITI Aayog
May 12, 2017, 07:29 PM ISTNITI Aayog also suggested that government should consider more tax incentives to promote EVs so that they can be made available to people at reduced cost.
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Yogi govt, NITI Aayog to jointly prepare roadmap for UP's development
National | May 10, 2017, 10:50 PM ISTA joint working group comprising top functionaries of the NITI Aayog and Yogi Adityanath government will prepare a roadmap to ensure all-round development of UP.
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No plan to tax agriculture income; rich farmer very rare: Jaitley
May 09, 2017, 08:33 PM ISTIn an interview to PTI, he said the farm sector is in distress and there was no question of taxing agricultural income.
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Scrap all production subsidies: NITI Aayog's Bibek Debroy
May 07, 2017, 05:38 PM ISTDebroy said that even on the consumption side, subsidies should only be given to ‘unambiguously targeted individual prospects’.
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Taxing agriculture will undermine PM’s push to double farmers’ income: Arvind Panagariya
May 02, 2017, 12:24 PM ISTPrior to NITI Aayog’s recommendations, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian had suggested in the Economic Survey that taxing the well-off in the agricultural segment would help widen the taxpayer base.
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Niti Aayog bats for simultaneous Lok Sabha, assembly polls from 2024
National | Apr 30, 2017, 01:22 PM ISTThe Niti Aayog has suggested a synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and assembly polls from 2024 so as to ensure minimum campaign-mode disruption to governance.
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India to enter 8 pc growth trajectory in 2-3 years: NITI Aayog
Apr 28, 2017, 03:03 PM ISTIn its 3-year draft action agenda, it has also stressed upon the need for reforms in taxation, agriculture and governance for accelerating all-round development of the country.
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NITI Aayog moots direct buying of agri products from farmers to eliminate middlemen
Apr 27, 2017, 10:51 AM ISTAt present, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee Act (APMC) has not been implemented by majority of states, resulting in farmers continuing to face the brunt of middlemen while selling their produce.
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NITI Aayog distances itself from Bibek Debroy's view on taxing agriculture income
Apr 27, 2017, 10:46 AM ISTTaxing agriculture income is a politically sensitive issue and successive governments have refrained from doing so.
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No plan to impose any tax on agricultural income: Arun Jaitley
Apr 26, 2017, 01:24 PM ISTTaxing agriculture income is a politically sensitive issue and successive governments have refrained from doing so.
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Tax agriculture income, recommends NITI Aayog
Apr 26, 2017, 10:27 AM ISTDebroy also suggested that exemptions on personal income tax should be removed to increase tax base from the current about 37 million (3.7 crore) in the country of 1.3 billion (130 crore) of people.