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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicNiti Aayog

Topic: Niti Aayog

NITI Aayog calls for HEFA-like finance agency, fee autonomy to improve state public universities

Report flags financial constraints arising from insufficient govt grants, over-reliance on traditional revenue streams & a lack of autonomy to adjust fees in the universities.

Rising debt, deficits undo Haryana’s push to raise revenue, place it low in Fiscal Health Index

Haryana ranked 14 out of 18 major states in NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index 2025. The index measured states’ finances for the financial year 2022-23.

Haryana is caught in a paradox. 3rd in per capita income, yet 75% there live below poverty line

Haryana's revised BPL criteria, expanding the scope for families to qualify as BPL, has sparked debate, with govt data showing 2.10 cr residents classified as impoverished.

Putting state-run hospitals in private hands is an ongoing experiment. It doesn’t always pan out

In Part 1 of this two-part series, ThePrint looked at Madhya Pradesh government’s attempt to implement a PPP model across 12 district hospitals and...

Private hospitals with over 200 beds push for nod to start PG courses, talks on with Centre

Association of Healthcare Providers of India has suggested opening at least 4-5 PG institutes to begin with, in its suggestion to Union health ministry & Niti Aayog a week ago.

NITI Ayog, NHRC organise conference on ‘Universal Access to Healthcare’ in New Delhi

The day-long conference focused on digital health solutions & strengthen health networks.

No extension for NITI Aayog director Urvashi Prasad who criticised Smriti Irani in now-deleted post

Niti Aayog director Urvashi Prasad was informed Thursday that ‘competent authorities’ had decided not to grant her an extension. She had in June criticised Smriti Irani in a post on X.

Modi has no respect for Opposition CMs. Niti Aayog boycott shows pushback is coming

Every Opposition-ruled state today has voiced complaints about discrimination in central funding. Union Budget 2024 is a glaring display of discriminatory federalism.

CMs raise issue of ‘demographic management’ during NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Modi

PM Modi, who chaired governing council meeting, encouraged states to initiate demographic management plans to address issue of an ageing population in the future.

Mamata storms out of NITI Aayog meeting, claims ‘mic switched off 5 minutes into speech’

Either NITI Aayog be restructured, or Planning Commission, which was dissolved by Modi govt, be brought back, Bengal CM says.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.