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Need to end unnecessary rules for double digit growth: Niti Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant said it is crucial to dismantle unnecessary rules and procedures

Agri growth may jump to 6% in FY17: NITI Aayog

Due to poor monsoon the agriculture growth was negative in FY15 at 0.25% and it is expected to be at 1.2%.

NITI Aayog taskforce might not opt for SECC for poverty line

While the task force did not categorically say which methodology should be adopted, it said it would make its recommendation within six months after consulting all stakeholders including states

Government to seek outsider help for strategic stake sale

NITI Aayog to enlist help of subject & domain experts for sale of assets in PSUs

NITI Aayog cautious on poverty lines

To engage with states, others for 6 months more before coming out with numbers and cutoffs; wants anti-poverty programmes made more effective

Build 10-20 world-class institutes to boost higher education: NITI Aayog

Suggests that junior classes have a mandatory system of certification for headmasters; set up fund to provide annual project-based grant for projects

Govt developing framework for PPP in district hospitals: NITI Aayog

Aayog said India was on track to meeting the 12th Plan targets in total fertility rate and under-five mortality by 2017

PlanMin allocation cut 86% for financial year 2017

NITI Aayog's secretariat has been allocated Rs 81.1 crore, from non-plan expenditure, largely relating to salaries and pensions

Centre plans to revive Investment Commission

In new avatar, this could be part of NITI Aayog

Amitabh Kant gets two-year tenure as Niti Aayog CEO

Kant will assume the post after his retirement as Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, this month end

Lunch with BS: When Suman Bery offered some food for thought over lunch

In this March 2011 interaction with Kanika Datta, the former NCAER head had suggested the tradition of scholar-practitioners in govt must be strengthened and research made more demand-driven