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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: Rajiv Kumar

India’s fast economic recovery will surprise everyone in 2021-22: NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar

Rajiv Kumar says Modi govt’s labour reforms and PLI scheme will boost industry and exports, and not joining RCEP won’t freeze India out of global markets.

Ex-finance secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed new Election Commissioner to replace Ashok Lavasa

Rajiv Kumar, a 1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, is credited with bringing in key reforms in banking and the bureaucracy.

GDP growth could slip to zero or negative in 1st quarter due to lockdown: NITI Aayog VC

Kumar, however, ruled out the possibility of a recession as after June, he does expect some sectors such as hospitality, transport, entertainment and FMCG to start functioning.

Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar says linking Citizenship Act to NRC is ‘most unfortunate’

Rajiv Kumar said the linking of the Citizenship Act with NRC is aimed at creating fear and vulnerability among people.

Financial sector still recovering from ‘excesses of the past’: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar

Highlighting lack of labour and land reforms, Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar says ‘regulatory cholesterol in states has to be reduced’.

Raghav Chadha receives wedding offer, Modi gets Cong admirers, Niti Aayog chief panics

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

EC shunted Bengal IPS officer as he arrested BJP’s Tajinder Bagga ‘without authority’

EC acted on special police observer report that claimed ADG (CID) Rajiv Kumar arrested Bagga 'without authority and without informing the police commissioner'.

Congress’ NYAY scheme fails the economics test, says Rajiv Kumar

Rajiv Kumar clarified to the Election Commission that his comments were not made in his capacity as Niti Aayog vice-chairman but as an economist.

Poll panel to study NITI Aayog vice-chair’s Congress jibe, see if it violated model code

After Congress promised a minimum income guarantee of Rs 72,000/year to India's poorest, NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar accused the party of “saying & doing anything to win elections”.

Time for RBI to cut interest rates, says NITI Aayog’s Rajiv Kumar

Modi govt’s expansionary budget is bound to pose a challenge for RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, who’s chairing his first Monetary Policy Committee meeting.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.