Niti Aayog
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Defence, internal security to be part of planning process: NITI member
Apr 25, 2017, 08:15 AM ISTSaraswat said the NITI Aayog would pitch for long-term planning of various policy-related issues of internal and external security rather than looking at micro and macro plans.
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5 reasons India should go in for Jan-Dec financial year
Apr 24, 2017, 08:04 PM ISTThe current practice was adopted in 1867 to align the Indian financial year with that of the British government.
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States need to work together to realise vision of 'New India', says PM at NITI meet; Kejriwal, Mamata absent
National | Apr 23, 2017, 02:13 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that vision of New India can be realised only through combined efforts of all states and chief ministers need to work together for it.
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Digital payments up nearly 23-fold since demonetisation: NITI Aayog
Apr 14, 2017, 11:44 AM ISTThe number of Aadhaar-enabled payments also increased from 2.5 crore in November 2016 to over five crore in March 2017.
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India believes in globalisation, not protectionism: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Apr 01, 2017, 03:25 PM ISTNITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said that India believes in globalisation and not protectionism even though it is being hotly debated in western countries.
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ATMs, Credit, debit cards set to disappear: Niti Aayog CEO
Apr 01, 2017, 02:37 PM ISTWith India embracing applications of technologies at an accelerated pace, digital transactions will be done through mobile wallets and biometric modes and credit and debit cards as also ATMs were set to disappear, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said
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H-1B Visa curbs will affect US, says NITI Aayog's Amitabh Kant
Feb 14, 2017, 09:47 AM ISTThe Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant has said that US President Donald Trump’s proposal of bringing restrictions on H-1B Visa procedure will impact America itself.
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Over 8 lakh people win Rs 133 cr under Niti Aayog’s digital payment scheme
Feb 12, 2017, 08:35 PM ISTIn a scheme under Niti Aayog to promote digital payments, more than 8 lakh people have been awarded a total of Rs 133 crore in the last one and a half months. The prizes were
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Cash machines in India will be completely irrelevant in next three years: NITI Aayog CEO
Jan 21, 2017, 11:18 PM ISTNITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant made a bold prediction that within three years, cash machines in India will be completely irrelevant, which was greeted with a mixture of enthusiasm and scepticism by the audience at
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Over Rs 60 cr distributed under NITI Aayog's digital payments promotion ‘lucky draw’ schemes
Jan 18, 2017, 06:10 PM ISTOver Rs 60 crore worth of prize money has been distributed to over four lakh winners of NITI Aayog's Lucky Draw Schemes for consumers and merchants to promote digital transactions.
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Niti Aayog bats for wider use of GM crops, RSS wing disapproves
Jan 12, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTDespite the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh raising objections to the use of genetically modified (GM) seeds, Niti Aayog has strongly supported the proposal for wider use of GM seeds arguing that it would revive agricultural
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Demonetisation: 10 per cent currency won't come back, says Niti Aayog's Bibek Debroy
Jan 10, 2017, 12:47 PM ISTNITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy feels that about 10 per cent of scrapped notes won't return to the system.
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Cards, ATMs, POS will be redundant by 2020 in India: Niti Aayog
Jan 08, 2017, 10:40 AM ISTNiti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has predicted that Debit/Credit cards, ATMs and POS machines would become redundant in the country by 2020.
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Arvind Panagariya raises concern over harassment of taxpayers post-demonentisation: Report
India | Jan 02, 2017, 10:29 AM ISTArvind Panagariya, vice chairperson of Niti Aayog, is learnt to have written to the Prime Minister’s Office stressing on the need to specify rules to ensure that people, especially women, are not made to suffer for having deposited old notes
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At Niti Aayog meet, PM Modi analyzes budget, skills, tourism
Dec 27, 2016, 08:31 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi, for the first time, attended an interaction with a set of noted economists and experts today, in which he called for innovative approaches to budget-making, and a special focus on skill
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Amid cash crunch, PM to take stock of economy at Niti Aayog meet tomorrow
Dec 26, 2016, 04:53 PM ISTAmid the currency crunch that has gripped the country following the government’s demonetization move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take stock of the economy with experts at NITI Aayog Tuesday to discuss ways to speed
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Amid cash crunch, PM Modi calls NITI Aayog meeting to review economy
National | Dec 23, 2016, 08:15 PM ISTIn an effort to deal with ongoing currency crunch post demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a high-level meeting at NITI Aayog on Tuesday to take stock of the economy and other imperative issues.
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Cash crunch to end by mid-January, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Dec 16, 2016, 04:42 PM ISTThe unprecedented cash shortage following the scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will come to an end by mid-January next year, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today. Disruption in the economy
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In big cashless push, govt to offer ‘mega prizes’ of up to Rs 1 cr for digital payments starting Christmas
Dec 15, 2016, 06:28 PM ISTIn a bid to encourage citizens to adopt cashless payments and a digital economy, the NITI ayog today announced daily, weekly and mega awards up to Rs 1 crore for consumers and merchants who take to digital payments.
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'Digital to digi-dhan': NITI Aayog plans lucky draws to encourage e-payments
Dec 11, 2016, 08:23 AM ISTNITI Aayog has proposed an award scheme to incentivise people using digital mode for making payments through weekly and quarterly lucky draws.