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Govt looking for more revenue from highways, NITI suggests measures

NITI Aayog has been working with the NHAI to ensure an improvement in financial sustainability and project viability, said an official

NITI Aayog pitches for bringing in private players for train operations

The paper, prepared for discussions with stakeholders, has split the 100 routes into 10-12 clusters

Top headlines: Govt okays sale of NINL, NITI backs private trains, and more

From govt's nod for sale of equity shares of 6 PSUs in NINL to telcos seeking open court hearing in SC on AGR review pleas, read all the top headlines here

NITI Aayog moots Rs 22,500 cr plan for 150 private trains on 100 routes

The discussion paper titled 'Private Participation: Passenger Trains' has identified 100 routes, including Mumbai Central-New Delhi, New Delhi- Patna, Allahabad-Pune and Dadar-Vadodara

Quantifying the social burden on railway finances

Put simply, the Railways spent Rs 98.44 for every Rs 100 it earned. This was the highest level in 10 years.

Kerala top achiever in meeting sustainable development goals: Niti Aayog

Bihar, Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh were the worst-performing states in this year's index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Kerala tops Niti's SDG Index, Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal worst performers

According to 'SDG India Index 2019', Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim have shown maximum improvement, but states like Gujarat have not shown any progress vis-a-vis 2018 rankings

Best of BS Opinion: Does IBC work for financial companies?

From the manner in which dormant sub-nationalism is coming to the surface to all that could possibly go wrong if the resolution of financial service providers happens under the IBC, here's a selection

NITI member backs 2 GST slabs, says rates should not be revised frequently

The GST, which replaced almost all the indirect taxes, came into force from July 1, 2017, and the rates on goods and services have been revised several times since then

NITI Aayog to draft roadmap for population stabilisation, family planning

India, with a current population size of 1.37 billion, has the second largest population in the world

NITI Aayog plans to bring all medical devices under one regulatory regime

The NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register a medical device

Relax fiscal deficit limit from 3% to 4% of GDP, states ask Sitharaman

State FMs had met Sitharaman for a pre-Union Budget interaction

NITI Aayog to discuss Medical Devices Bill with stakeholders tomorrow

The government feels that the Ayushman Bharat has triggered an 'unprecedented demand' for medical devices

Budget 2020: Centre may announce sops for states for pollution control

The Commission submitted its interim report for 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this month

PMO, FinMin to hold Budget 2020 meetings to discuss ideas to boost economy

Besides the scheduled meetings, the sources said, the PMO is expected to hold several meetings with top secretaries, officials on various ongoing schemes

Govt reforms will make India a very competitive, efficient economy: Kant

Replying to a question on the economic growth figures, which are among the lowest in recent years, Kant said these were short-term indicators and that India was on track to be a USD 5 trillion economy

NITI mulls health system for middle class not covered by Ayushman Bharat

The report was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar in the presence of Bill Gates, the co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Unclogging the liquidity flow

While easing procedures against arbitration awards helps, more needs to be done to boost infra

Green economy to the economy's rescue

India's economy needs a renewed boost of structural reforms, just when a second generation of green policies is also needed

$5-trillion GDP needs 12.4% nominal growth a year, says NITI Aayog

This is 0.4 percentage points higher than estimated by the Economic Survey for 2018-19, owing to a slowing economy