Niti Aayog Meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a meeting with economists at NITI Aayog on Friday, sources said

NITI Aayog is mandated to boost cooperative federalism in the country

Prime Minister Modi made a strong case for modernising agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing to help the country become self-sufficient and a global leader in the agriculture sector

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday emphasised that the Centre should look into the demands of the state governments "more seriously" and no policies should be forced on them

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, who attended the NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on Sunday, said that he raised the issues of farmers including MSP while adding that he was happy with the meeting

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is indisposed and unlikely to attend Saturday's meeting of the Niti Aayog's governing council to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said. State Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal will attend the meeting in his place, they said. The Niti Aayog's governing council meets regularly. This will be the sixth meeting of the government think tank's apex body. "The Punjab chief minister is indisposed and is likely to skip the Niti Aayog's meeting. The state finance minister will attend in his place," sources close to Singh said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also likely to give the meeting a miss. The Niti Aayog's governing council includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several Union ministers and senior government officials. The prime minister will chair Saturday's meeting wherein issues related to agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing and human resource development will be ...

The agenda of the meeting includes deliberations on agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development, service delivery at grassroots level and health and nutrition

States are eligible for 0.25% over and above the 3% for any given year for which the borrowing limits are to be fixed, if their debt-GSDP ratio is less than or equal to 25% in the preceding year

Opposition-ruled States prepare to corner Centre on various issues, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu says no spirit of cooperative federalism

The farmers have withdrawn their protest and will be returning soon, says TN CM Palaniswami

The NITI Aayog has a 15-year vision document for a period up to 2030