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Speed of economic recovery a 'pleasant surprise': Niti Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Friday termed the speed of India's economic recovery as a "pleasant surprise" and said manufacturing shows a positive growth that confirms a rebound. India's economy recovered faster than expected in the September quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent and held out hopes for further improvement on better consumer demand. "Speed of #economic recovery springs a pleasant surprise. #Manufacturing shows a positive growth which is the confirmation of a rebound of demand led recovery," Kumar said in a tweet. The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal (April 2020 to March 2021) as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled economic activity. With the gradual opening up from June, the economy has picked up, according to official data released on Friday. Manufacturing clocked a surprise 0.6 per cent growth in July-September after it ha

Govt's unprecedented reforms to usher in new era of growth: Amitabh Kant

Kant said as the world battles contraction in economic growth, India has initiated reforms in key sectors including agriculture, labour and mining.

India's health spend low, needs to be made priority: Niti Aayog's V K Paul

Says competing priorities have subdued it, Calls for raising spend to 8% of budget

India's overall spending on health sector 'low', says Niti Aayog member

Niti Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said "expenditure of 1.5% of GDP on health is not acceptable"

Pfizer vaccine's -70 degree storage norm tough for most nations: V K Paul

Limited number of doses would not be enough to meet India's demand, adds Niti Aayog member

NITI Aayog making strong case for further investment in science: V K Paul

The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important science solutions are for life, livelihood and development', and the NITI Aayog is making a strong case for increasing investments in science, its member V K Paul said on Monday. He was delivering the first Prof M K Bhan Memorial Lecture in a webinar. Bhan was the secretary, Department of Biotechnology. Paul said the think tank wants science and technology (S&T) to be the government's priority "more than ever". He said the NITI Aayog has prepared a couple of policy briefs which are aimed at creating institutional pace, capacity and resource base. We are working with VijayRaghavan (Principal Scientific Advisor to the government) and my colleague (Vijay Kumar) Saraswat, member S&T... three of us, looking at pathways, above all creating institutional pace, capacity base and also resource base, the official noted. Paul was responding to a question on what was the NITI Aayog doing to promote research and encourage young ...

Govt to provide production-linked incentives to more sectors: Niti Aayog

The government will introduce the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for more sectors to boost domestic manufacturing, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Friday

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Modi govt brings Ordinance to fix air quality

The ordinance entails setting up a commission with 18 members with legal powers to tackle the menace in the region

States urged to adopt national approach: Niti Aayog on 'free vaccine'

State governments have been asked to take a national approach in engaging the drug companies and deciding the criteria for coronavirus vaccine, Niti Aayog Member V.K. Paul said on Tuesday

Delhi nearing third peak, situation worrisome in WB, Kerala: NITI Aayog

While the spread of Covid-19 in the country seems to be stabilising for now, two states and an Union Territory (UT) have remained a matter of concern for the Centre

PM Modi to interact with CEOs of leading global oil, gas firms on Monday

The objective behind the meeting is to deliver a global platform to understand best-practices, discuss reforms, and inform strategies for accelerating investments into the Indian oil & gas value chain

Well-developed non-ferrous metals industry crucial for India: Saraswat

India needs a well-developed non-ferrous metals industry as it provides important raw material to many sectors which are the backbone of economic development, Niti Aayog Member V K Saraswat said

Amazon Web Services, NITI launch Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre

AWS and the NITI Aayog said they have set up a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) that will work on addressing societal challenges around areas

Second wave of Covid-19 in winters can't be ruled out: Expert panel chief

Paul is heading the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19

United Nations India, Niti, Discovery join hands to celebrate Covid heroes

Recognising India's unsung selfless heroes who went out of their way to help those in need during the pandemic, the United Nations in India, NITI Aayog and Discovery Channel have joined hands

5G rollout: India yet to take final call on Chinese vendors, says Niti CEO

India is yet to take a final call on allowing Chinese companies to participate in the 5G network rollout, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, adding that security will be a "major concern" in 5G

Nearly 500 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021, says Harsh Vardhan

He also said that the government was also keeping an eye on immunity data with regard to Covid-19 while finalising these plans

Renewable ministry, Niti Aayog organise conference on solar cell production

The statement said solar deployment has been the flagship green growth story of the last decade and this would be instrumental to stimulate growth and build a climate-resilient world

Niti Aayog fine tuning indicators for ranking most backward districts: Kant

The ADP was launched in January 2018 in 112 most backward districts

NITI working on index to foster competition in power distribution: Kumar

Niti Aayog has been working on a State Energy Index that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' power distribution space, the think tank's Vice-Chairman, Rajiv Kumar, said on Saturday. The tool will be designed to assess and further improve the performance of states to efficiently manage their energy resources. "Niti Aayog has been working on a #StateEnergyIndex that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' energy #DISCOM space. The index would not only allow for better formulation & implementation of strategies for continuous improvement & management of resources," Kumar said in a tweet. "But also enable a comprehensive assessment of a specific #DISCOM aided by the use of indicators like: viability, access, affordability & reliability of #energy, and even their efforts at #cleanenergy initiatives, energy efficiency and #technology innovation," he added.