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A tale of committees in the run-up to vaccine

India must do what it takes to stay on that path, even if that means putting in place some critical groups and committees rather belatedly to set things right

Flipkart, NITI Aayog collaborate to enhance Women Entrepreneurship Platform

Walmart-owned Flipkart on Monday said it has partnered with Niti Aayog to launch the revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

After 2/3 wheeler EV push, focus should be on public transport: Kant

India has given incentives for buying electric 2 and 3 wheelers till now

Govt ready to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency nod: Health secy

Health personnel succh as doctors and nurses and frontline workers such as police personnel, home guards won't have to register themselves online to get the vaccine

Enough stockpile of Covid vaccine for priority groups in first phase: Paul

India has enough stockpile of the Covid-19 vaccine for inoculation of priority groups, including healthcare workers and frontline workers, in the first phase, NITI Aayog member V K Paul said

Vaccines nod 'turning point' in India's fight against Covid: NITI Aayog

Terming the approval given to two coronavirus vaccines for emergency use as "turning point" in India's fight against Covid-19, Aayog member V K Paul said

Self-reliance to be new mantra to sail through Covid crisis: Niti member

Saraswat said that the government is looking at flattening the recession curve

Vaccine will protect against new variant: Principal Scientific Advisor

Govt will initiate studies to see relationship between new strain and seriousness of the disease; there have been 17 changes in spike protein of the virus, of which eight are key

States told to estimate and strengthen cold chain for vaccine: Health secy

In all, 29,000 cold chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar refrigerators are to be used

Niti proposes 'surveillance information platform' to boost public health

Niti Aayog also pitched for establishing mechanisms to streamline data sharing, capture, analysis and dissemination to include the use of situation-aware real-time signals from social media

Seven important Coronavirus vaccine updates that you need to know

Listen to the podcast to know about the current status of the Covid-19 vaccine in India and other parts of the world

PLI scheme to give $520-bn boost to manufacturing sector in 5 yrs: Amitabh Kant

The Centre's production-linked incentive scheme for key sectors has the potential to add $520 billion worth of manufacturing in the next five years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said

No pressure on regulator to approve a vaccine, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

Paul said it was in India's interest to ensure scientific rigour is maintained while granting the licence to a vaccine

Economy to reach pre-Covid-19-levels by end of FY2022: Niti Aayog

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also revised its forecast of economic growth for the current fiscal year (2020-21) to (-)7.5 per cent as against its earlier forecast of (-)9.5 per cent

In praise of the bureaucrat

Does India's IAS officers' work go unappreciated?

Niti Aayog proposes self-regulatory body for online fantasy sports industry

Niti Aayog has pitched for setting up a single self-regulatory organisation for the online fantasy sports industry to be governed by the independent oversight board

States shouldn't charge more than 1% as mandi fee: NITI Aayog's Chand

Chand's comments come hours before the central government is slated to hold the fifth round of negotiations with farmers' unions to end the now weeklong blockade of Delhi.

Indian economy will expand in fourth qtr of current fiscal: Niti Aayog VC

India's economy recovered faster than expected in the third quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent.

Full-year GDP contraction may be less than 9%: Niti Aayog vice chairman

In a Q&A, Rajiv Kumar says GDP growth could be a small negative in Q3, positive in Q4, even as he calls for more measure to spur private investment

Speed of economic recovery a 'pleasant surprise': Niti Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Friday termed the speed of India's economic recovery as a "pleasant surprise" and said manufacturing shows a positive growth that confirms a rebound. India's economy recovered faster than expected in the September quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent and held out hopes for further improvement on better consumer demand. "Speed of #economic recovery springs a pleasant surprise. #Manufacturing shows a positive growth which is the confirmation of a rebound of demand led recovery," Kumar said in a tweet. The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal (April 2020 to March 2021) as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled economic activity. With the gradual opening up from June, the economy has picked up, according to official data released on Friday. Manufacturing clocked a surprise 0.6 per cent growth in July-September after it ha