Amitabh Kant tells Dilasha Seth in an interview that the measures announced recently by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed both supply and demand side problems
Recently, PM Modi had appealed to people of being 'vocal about local' manufactured products, and Kumar's observations on 'introvert policies' run contrary to that
He says that the APMC system did not evolve with changes in time and requirement
NITI Aayog member V K Paul said the doubling time of the cases had now improved significantly to 13.3 days from 3.4 days before the first lockdown
As far as contract farming is concerned we already have a model Act framed by the NITI Aayog which has been circulated to the states, Tomar said
Agriculture marketing reforms have been pending for long
New proposals will not solve the sugar sector problems
Biological Warfare Convention prohibits offensive bioweapons, but allows antidote development
Top executives at auto, tractor and consumer packaged goods firms are optimistic. They are betting on the reverse migration of labourers boosting consumption and prediction of a favourable monsoon.
Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog CEO, listed healthcare, education, mobility, genomics, AI, 5G network, fintech and manufacturing as high priority areas for rapid and radical structural reforms.
V K Paul is heading a group on medical equipment and management plan to tackle Covid outbreak
NITI vice-chairman says staff to work from remote locations
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NITI VC Rajiv Kumar said that other staffers are working from remote locations
A director-level officer working at NITI Bhawan has tested positive for coronavirus
Parameswaran Iyer talks to Ruchika Chitravanshi about why he decided to give up his journalism job to sit for the civil services examination... and all that followed...
Work-from-home model may go out once things stabilise; companies call for labour, social security, financial and education reforms
But, even if lockdown restrictions are eased, labour remains the biggest challenge for both agriculture and industry.
Carmakers are rushing to make EVs, but not Maruti; it believes these won't make sense till battery technology, charging infra and financing improve in India
The initiative is being undertaken by the empowered group, constituted on March 29 under the Disaster Management Act 2005 and headed by Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog