NITI Aayog

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Centre on Wednesday said over Rs 60 crore worth of prize money has been distributed to over four lakh winners of NITI Aayog's "Lucky Draw Schemes" for consumers and merchants to promote digital transactions.…

New Delhi, Nov 30: Policy think-tank NITI Aayog on Wednesday constituted a Committee of Chief Ministers and experts to script an action plan and draw up a roadmap to implement the digital payment systems across the country. With…

New Delhi, Nov 30: India plans to double its natural gas consumption from the current 120 million standard cubic metres a day to 240 mscmd in five years, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. "India presently…

New Delhi, Aug 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors, an official statement said. The statement said in course of the presentation made by NITI Aayog, it was noted that there…

By Meghna Mittal  New Delhi, Aug 7: The Union Finance Ministry has said it has started the process of examining the proposal from the Railway Ministry to merge the Rail Budget with the General Budget, 92 years after the separation took…

By Chinmaya Dehury  Bhubaneswar, July 11: Though the agriculture sector provides employment and sustenance to more than 60 percent of Odisha's total workforce, its share in the gross state domestic product (GSDP) continues to decline, say…

Bhubaneswar, June 22: The Odisha government is formulating a vision document 'Vision 2020-30' in line with sustainable development goals (SDG) set by United Nations and NITI Aayog, said an official on Wednesday. At a meeting to…

New Delhi, May 24: A decision to set up data centres in the country cannot be mandatory and it will be not be conducive for the eco-system, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. "Decision to set up data centre in the…

New Delhi, April 17: Leasing a farmland is "no symbol of feudalism" and legal restrictions on such an arrangement have proven to be anti-growth and anti-poor, an expert committee appointed by NITI Aayog has said in its latest report.…

Odisha Sun Times Bureau Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a meeting with Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya at the Secretariat, today demanded that the state be accorded ‘Special Category Status’.…