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Improving ease of doing business: Think tank moots sector-based model

While the World Bank's ranking rests on ease of doing business in Mumbai and Delhi, the DPIIT's is based on reforms done in states

India to review Asean free-trade agreement amid rising imports fear

The decision was taken during a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, representing Asean, in Bangkok

Power engineers demand audit of privatised assets, impact on banks

Public sector technocrats oppose alleged privatisation of power supply channels

With it but not quite: NITI Aayog's changing equations with the Modi govt

The Centre's think-tank seems to be facing a lot of flak from senior govt ministers in the last few days

Aluminium makers working with Niti Aayog, BIS to check scrap misuse

Imports of aluminium scrap into India are growing unabated, helped by a benign duty of 2.5 per cent and fuelled by US-China trade tensions

NITI Aayog at the forefront of Centre's move to promote electric vehicles

Nitin Gadkari said it was the mandate of his ministry and not that of NITI Aayog to take a call on vehicle technology

Gujarat retains top position in water management, says NITI Aayog

Releasing the second edition of the Composite Water Management Index, the government think tank said the annual per capita availability of water is expected to reduce to 1,140 cubic metres by 2050

Extraordinary steps needed to deal with financial sector stress : NITI V-C

Explaining the reason for the stress in the financial sector, Kumar said the slowdown started with indiscriminate lending during 2009-14, leading to rise in NPAs post 2014

BJP leaders to meet officials, economists to talk growth, demand slowdown

Former chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani and State Bank of India's group chief economic advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh are likely to attend the event

No deadline for transition to electric vehicles, says govt official

The Niti Aayog has suggested transition to full electric vehicles for three-wheelers by 2023

15th Finance Commission may cut number of centrally-sponsored schemes

The Centre, not the Finance Commission, is deciding the evaluation of the schemes and the sub-schemes to be pruned

HRD ministry to launch programme to train over 4.2 mn teachers across India

Ray said around 19,000 teacher-training institutes across the country were mapped and put on Google Earth

Govt adopts a new approach to bring reforms in public sector banks

FinMin has asked govt-owned banks to capture 42 questions on credit, non-performing assets, Mudra loans, agriculture

CM's panel to seeks states' view on use of GM technology in farming

The panel was constituted by PM Narendra Modi after the first meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council after assuming office for the second term

RBI, FinMin must closely coordinate to form a macro-economic team: Niti VC

Kumar's remarks on better coordination between the RBI and the finance ministry come in the backdrop of public criticism mounted by both the institutions against the other after PNB scam

NITI Aayog to publish ranking of 115 best-performing districts: Kant

Kant today also signed a Statement of Intent with Piramal Foundation to work closely with the district collectors and key officers to support the transformation of aspirational districts

Kerala tops NITI Aayog Health Index, UP worst performer among large states

Kerala, Punjab and Tamil Nadu topped in overall performance

Kerala tops NITI Aayog's health index for second time, UP at bottom

The Ministry of Health has decided to link a part of National Health Mission (NHM) funds to the progress achieved by states on this index

Health Index 2019: Kerala's dilemma and Bihar's tragedy

Linking funding under National Health Mission (NHM) to incremental performance of states puts good performing states in a fix

NITI Aayog says it's 'unviable' to support debt-laden Air India: Govt

The government has initiated a process for strategic disinvestment of Air India as part of efforts to revive the national carrier