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Kant, a retired 1980-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Kerala cadre, was appointed as India's G20 Sherpa in July 2022, months before India assumed the G20 Presidency
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Cheistha Kochhar, a 33-year-old PhD student at the London School of Economics, was described by her father, retired Lieutenant General Dr. SP Kochhar, in a LinkedIn post.
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India managed to hammer out an unexpected consensus among the G20 countries on the contentious issue with emerging economies such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia playing a leading role
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New Delhi: A report put out by public policy think tank NITI Aayog and Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) optimistically forecast 100 per cent penetration of electric two-wheelers in the Indian market by FY2026-27. TIFAC is an autonomous organization set up in 1988 under the Department of Science & Technology to look ahead […]
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Hyderabad: Breaking a new ground, Telangana launched its SpaceTech Framework on Monday to help the state emerge as a commercial hub for all space-related products and services. The policy is aimed at promoting domestic production of launch vehicles, satellite systems and subsystems, ground equipment manufacturing and other facilities. Like the policy, its launch was also […]
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Hyderabad: Government has been handholding the life sciences sector in boosting R&D, which is critical to the future. It is important to boost the pharma and medtech sectors. India has been a major importer of bulk drugs, but the nation needs to push the indigenous drug development. The government is pushing production-linked incentive scheme and […]
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The programme was launched by NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant and also present were GBS Raju, MD Airports, GMR Group, BVN Rao, Chairman-Transportation and Urban Infrastructure
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Hyderabad: Joining the Green India Challenge (GIC) initiative of TRS Rajya Sabha MP, J Santosh Kumar, NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant planted a sapling at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday. Accompanied by Lok Sabha MP Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Amitabh Kant participated in the initiative. Santosh Kumar hoped the gesture […]
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the decision on Tuesday.
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The country also needs to "grow the technology and leapfrog along with it", Amitabh Kant said, adding that the Union government is working in this direction.
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An ATL provides activity-based learning so that young minds can give shape to their ideas for societal problems which also fosters entrepreneurship and innovation.
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The focus should be on moving towards EVs, but also on moving people and not moving vehicles which can be achieved through public transportation and its electrification, said Niti Aayog CEO
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Addressing a virtual event organised by the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME), Kant said credit scenario in India in recent years for a greater part has been seen as a drag on the economy.
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In a session titled ‘Transformation of India with a focus on the entrepreneur ecosystem’ Kant said that India has grown as a technology country.
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Kant also stressed the need to increase expenditure on research and development and strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) laws
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Niti Aayog CEO said the government is finalising its plans to expand its production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to more sectors for boosting domestic manufacturing
