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TopicNiti Aayog

Topic: Niti Aayog

NITI Aayog recommends cutting off entry to civil services at 27 years, single UPSC exam

From creating a central talent pool for all services to setting up a single integrated exam, the government think tank proposed several changes.

NITI Aayog calls for 1.5 lakh more health centres under Ayushman Bharat by 2023

In a document released Wednesday, the NITI Aayog stated that health centres need to provide more services to expand the existing limited scope of primary healthcare.

Loan waiver not a solution to farm distress, says Niti Aayog

The biggest problem with loan waiver is that it will benefit only a small fraction of farmers, said Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.

Niti Aayog chief Rajiv Kumar wants states to improve ease of doing business

Kumar says measures are needed to bring in a large section of those working in the unorganised sector within the formal stream.

Deep-rooted farmer issues and brand new GDP data

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India’s GDP growth depends on which party was in power & under which party it was measured

Investors & analysts must now reckon with politicisation of data at the very time they contend with deteriorating relationship between govt & RBI.

VT Krishnamachari: India’s master planner who laid the foundation of panchayati raj system

A civil servant, Krishnamachari donned many hats in pre- and post-Independent India, with the most notable being his stint at the Planning Commission.

New Delhi shows if future megacities would be a marvel or a mess

With a population that’s swelling by about 700,000 each year, India’s capital could be the world’s biggest megacity by 2028.

Modi govt will make it easier to set up private hospitals, but there’s a catch

Hospitals that avail of concessions will have to enrol for Ayushman Bharat. Move part of efforts to resuscitate flagging Modicare.

PM Modi is writing letters to 100 million families to educate them about Modicare

Many beneficiaries of Modicare don't have a clue about the healthcare plan and Modi wants to tackle the problem at its roots.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.