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Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday slammed Niti Aayog for making misleading statements and trying to cover up its failure to ensure the implementation of its recommendations by the Central government. He accused the apex public policy think-tank of donning political colours and distorting facts to cover up the BJP government’s mistakes in […]
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Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday found fault with the remarks made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Niti Aayog. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Kishan Reddy said it was wrong on the part of the Chief Minister to boycott the governing council meeting […]
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Hyderabad: Within two hours of the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao annoucing his decision to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting on Monday, the institution has responded terming the decision as ‘unfortunate’. An official statement issued on Saturday evening said that the Governing Council was a forum where the highest political leadership in the country at […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the seventh meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on Sunday (August 7). The meeting will be at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre here. The agenda of the meeting, interalia, includes crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds and pulses and agri-communities; implementation of the National Education […]
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Hyderabad: Mission Kakatiya, a flagship programme of the Telangana government, has proved to be highly successful in terms of rejuvenating village tanks and other water bodies in the State, besides recharging groundwater levels. For this, it has won accolades from Niti Aayog. But the Centre has failed to appreciate the State government’s efforts, which is […]
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By Arun Sinha India’s two prominent economists — Arvind Panagariya, former vice-chairman of NITI Aayog and Columbia University professor, and Poonam Gupta, director-general of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) — have in a policy paper batted for privatisation of all public […]
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While the future, no doubt, belongs to electric vehicles, safety issues plaguing the fledgling industry must be fixed now before penetrating the market. The safety of users is paramount and there should be no compromise on this. A spate of fire accidents, including explosion of batteries, has shaken the industry and could potentially bring down […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana along with Karnataka and Haryana are ranked as top three States among major States in Niti Aayog’s third edition of innovation index. Glad that the 3-I mantra; Innovation, Infrastructure & Inclusive growth of #Telangana is paying rich dividends 👍@NITIAayog has ranked Telangana as No-1 in performers category & overall as 2nd best in […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana, which is home to the world’s largest incubator, has been adjudged as the ‘Top Performer’ for developing a strong start up ecosystem in the State, by the Central Government. The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry released the States Startup Ranking 2021 on Monday. The […]
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Hyderabad: The union government’s premier policy think tank NITI Aayog has lauded the Telangana Department of Ayush for its quick and effective handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a compendium of Ayush-based practices from States and union Territories for containing and managing the Covid-19 outbreak released on Saturday, NITI Aayog said the Department of Ayush […]
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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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Despite growth in the economy and the working-age population in India, the participation of women in the labour force has been declining. This is an alarming trend when seen against the backdrop of increasing crime against women and widespread gender discrimination. India has one of the lowest female participation rates in the workforce across the […]
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New Delhi: NITI Aayog on Monday launched a report that presented comprehensive perspectives and recommendations on the gig economy in India titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’, the apex public policy think tank said in a statement. Gig workers are typically those who work freelance, contractual, temporary, or on-call basis. The report was released […]
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Hyderabad: The State government’s Transferable Development Rights (TDR) approach, that had even earned praise from Niti Aayog, is turning out to be a win-win situation for property owners, builders/ developers apart from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and other State government departments. NITI Aayog recognised the Online TDR Bank application as one of the […]
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Hyderabad: Unlike many other States, the Urban population in Telangana – the youngest State in the country, is likely to reach 50 percent by 2025 from the current 46.8 per cent. At present, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are ahead of Telangana in terms of urban population. Compared to other States average, this is two and […]
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By Tej Singh Kardam In one of the United Nations water conferences, the United Nations Organization passed a resolution, which says; “All the people, whatever their stage of development and their social and economic conditions, have the right to have access to drinking water in quantum and of quality equal to their basic needs”. The […]
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Hyderabad: In the past seven decades, Telangana region had just three medical colleges while in seven years since statehood, the Telangana government established 33 medical colleges across the State, Health Minister, T Harish Rao said here on Thursday. Responding to charges made by Telangana Congress working presidents, J Geetha Reddy and T Jayaprakash Reddy (Jagga […]
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Hyderabad: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the city on Thursday to attend the 20th-anniversary celebrations and the graduation ceremony of the Indian School of Business Post Graduate Programme Class of 2022, youngsters are protesting across the city with banners that ask about equality for Telangana. The youngsters prepared 17 banners […]
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By V. Rajendra Sharma Hyderabad: It is always better to keep track of the recent developments, dates and days of important events. Who among the following is the author of ‘Not Just a Nightwatchman: My innings in the BCCI’? a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Rajiv Mehershi c. Vinod Rai d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni Answer: c Explanation: […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Object Technology Solutions India (OTSI) has developed Niti Aayog’s National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP), which was launched last week. The noted technology company was selected as the technical partner to build the portal with inputs from Niti Aayog. The NDAP platform developed by OTSI aims to standardise data across sources and provide […]
