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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicNiti Aayog

Topic: Niti Aayog

Modi govt wants NITI Aayog to play peacemaker in GM row

The idea is to bring supporters and opponents of GM technology into the same room and sort out differences.

Simultaneous polls not possible without the requisite legal framework, says CEC Rawat

The CEC’s remark comes at a time when Modi government is pushing for the idea of ‘one nation, one election’.

Govt pushes NITI Aayog for land leasing law but RSS affiliates poke holes in draft

The Modi government is pushing for a Land Leasing Act to make land tenancy easier before the upcoming elections.

Ensuring higher MSP to farmers in an election year. What are the government’s options?

Fixing MSP only on the basis of cost of production, without any reference to demand, global market etc. can cause distortions that may take years to correct.

Modi govt tells Election Commission to study feasibility of plan for simultaneous polls

Move comes ahead of 17 April Law Commission meeting that will discuss simultaneous election.

PM Modi gets a report that backs his pet plan of ‘one nation, one election’

Report is based on a two-day seminar held in January; shows how simultaneous polls can reduce the massive expenditure on elections, and the burden on govt staff.

NITI Aayog rankings: Haryana’s Mewat is India’s most backward district

Of the 101 districts that have signed up for the Centre’s ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme so far, Andhra’s Vizianagaram performs best.

After chief’s transfer, govt wants to turn drug price regulator into ‘market research agency’

The NPPA was behind capping the prices of knee implants, stents and medicines.

Former CEC N. Gopalaswami to head committee to choose India’s 20 ‘Institutes of Eminence’

Also on board- Harvard’s Prof Tarun Khanna, Houston Univ’s Renu Khator and former IIM Lucknow Director Pritam Singh.

Why Kerala is India’s healthiest state

NITI Aayog member Dr V.K. Paul tells ThePrint it’s because of a sustained effort put up by Kerala on health, and a good footprint of the private sector.

On Camera

3 national capitals that will be the unhappiest about Trump’s victory & 3 that will be happiest

In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.