India's economy will recover after the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country will maintain its sound net external position, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday.
While addressing a press conference in the national capital on May 28, a member of Niti Aayog Dr VK Paul spoke on coronavirus pandemic.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Saturday that the government's Covid contact tracing app Aarogya Setu has alerted the government about more than 650 hotspots across the country which could have been missed otherwise.
The continuous rise in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus is expected to stabilise sometime soon, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Sunday.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate has improved from 15 per cent on April 19 to 24.56 per cent as of Wednesday, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said. He also stressed on the need to keep working tirelessly on states and districts with high load of cases to further improve the recovery rate.
A Niti Aayog official has tested positive for coronavirus in New Delhi on Tuesday. Following this development, all necessary precautions are being followed. Meanwhile, the building in which the official was working has ben sealed for two days for thorough disinfection and sanitisation procedure, informed Ajit Kumar, Deputy Secretary (Administration), NITI Aayog.
One officer in NITI Aayog has been tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi. The building has been sealed temporarily for thorough disinfection and sanitisation.
Speaking at a virtual session on 'COVID-19 & The Future of Work', NITI Aayog CEO Kant further said the pandemic has created a unique challenge, which is complex and unpredictable.
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).
India's slowdown has bottomed out and now its economy needs to be opened up if the country wants to realise the ambition of a 10 per cent growth rate, former NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said.
The government's target of achieving a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25 is a statement of intent, which sounds idealistic, a Niti Aayog official has said, asserting that "tough times" don't last as she dispelled concerns over economic slowdown.
Critical personal data of the people must be kept within the country, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said here on Tuesday. The statement comes in the backdrop of India mandating global technology giants including Mastercard and Visa to comply with the data localisation norms in the public interest.
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.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on February 1 hailed the Union Budget 2020 by saying that it is development oriented.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on February 01showed his satisfaction of the Union Budget 2020 which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha on February 1, amid loud desk-thumping approval from the Union Ministers.
NITI Aayog's member, VK Saraswat said that suspension of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 did not have any significant effect on the economy because it is only used to watch 'dirty movies'.
NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat on Sunday kicked up a row after he said that the shut down of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 did not have any significant impact on the economy, as people there did nothing other than watching "dirty films" online.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top economists of the country at Niti Aayog on January 09. The meeting was held ahead of the Union Budget. Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nitin Gadkari were also present.
Private trains running on a particular route will have a head start of 15 minutes on other trains running on the same route, a maximum permissible speed of 160 kmph and also their own guards and crew, says a draft proposal mooted by Niti Ayog as it finalises the contours of bringing in private players for train operations in the country.
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