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  'Discoms' finances need to improve to sustain clean energy'

  July 23, 2015 18:57 IST

  New Delhi: With infrastructure to generate renewable energy being costly, India needs to attend to the financial health of power distribution companies (discoms) and strengthen the payment processes so as to develop the clean energy

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  Caste census data release after error correction: Sushil Modi

  Politics | July 21, 2015 18:08 IST

  Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today said the Centre was committed to release caste data under Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) after rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people.“RJD president Lalu

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  Opposition CMs including Akhilesh to miss crucial NITI Aayog meet

  Politics | July 15, 2015 9:36 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly a dozen Chief Ministers are expected to miss today's crucial NITI Aayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at 7, Race Course Road.The Chief Ministers of the nine Congress-ruled states are

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  Government decides to give Cabinet rank to NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya

  India | July 04, 2015 14:59 IST

  NEW DELHI: Government has decided to give Cabinet minister's rank to the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Arvind Panagariya. "Arvind Panagariya has been given Cabinet minister rank by the government and the other two members would

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  Regulatory body required for private participation: Prabhu

  Politics | May 04, 2015 12:52 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has advocated the need for having a regulatory mechanism independent of the service provider for attracting private capital into Railways.“A regulatory mechanism is specifically required for it.  That is

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  Private players be allowed to run trains: Debroy panel

  India | April 01, 2015 10:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Debroy Committee in its interim report to Railways suggested that private players be allowed to run passenger and freight trains.The high-level committee headed by economist Vivek Debroy, who is a NITI Ayog

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  Budget 2015: Economists wants Modi government to increase public spending

  February 07, 2015 13:37 IST

  New Delhi: A policy meeting of the Niti Aayog led by Arvind Panagariya in New Delhi has suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase public spending. The meeting held under the aegis of several other

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  Niti Ayog a think tank based on RSS ideology: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | January 06, 2015 14:04 IST

  Guwahati: Niti Ayog is going to be a think tank based on the ideology of RSS, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi alleged today."The Niti Ayog has been filled with ministers and pro-BJP individuals. It is

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  NDA ally PMK opposes NITI Ayog, attacks PM

  Politics | January 02, 2015 13:23 IST

  Chennai: In a sharp attack on the Centre for replacing Planning Commission with ‘NITI Ayog,' NDA partner PMK today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of seeking to achieve his ‘twin objectives' of ensuring greater private