NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister announced on Tuesday that his party would boycott the NITI Aayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The chief minister said that this move is aimed at condemning the Union Budget, which he claimed “ignored” the southern state. and as a response, he said that DMK MPs will…
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath is likely to meet PM Narendra Modi and BJP brass when he is in New Delhi on July 27 for the Niti Aayog governing council meeting.Highly placed sources in govt confirmed the CM would be meeting the PM, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda. These proposed…
NEW DELHI: Even as the Modi govt signalled continuity in governance by retaining key ministers and officials in its third term, it is also waking up to the new reality of giving due space to allies. This is reflected in two recent moves when all five Cabinet ministers from its allies were made “special invitees”…
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Tuesday re-organised the composition of the Niti Aayog and inducted representatives from the ally parties of the National Democratic Alliance. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the chairperson of the Aayog, there are no changes in the post of Vice Chairman and other full-time members.Minister of agriculture and farmers…
Big achievement! India is on track to surpass Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2025, according to Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa and former CEO of Niti Aayog. According to Kant, based on several positive macroeconomic indicators. India’s GDP currently ranks fifth, following the United States, China, Germany, and Japan, having overtaken the United…
In any assessment of a nation’s socio-economic progress, the health and well-being of its women and children is paramount. Undernutrition is not merely a health concern, it is fundamentally an economic and human capital issue with profound implications for a country’s development and future. Milk bank in Melghat saving infants from malnutrition Recognising this, the…
Government think-tank Niti Aayog is looking at tax-related issues, including inverted duty structure in three sectors of engineering, leather, and textiles, an official said on Monday. The issues are likely to be taken up with higher authorities for their resolution to promote the growth of these sectors, the official said. Industry representatives of leather and…
