Niti aayog

As this is the second last budget of the Yogi government before Uttar Pradesh heads to elections in early 2022, the budget earmarked funds for ongoing schemes to ensure their early completion besides proposing new ones for the development of infrastructure. read more

Sitharaman made the comments during an interactive session titled ‘Budget and Beyond’ with professionals from asset management, wealth advisory, tax consultancy and other related industries at NITI Aayog. read more

In her budget speech, Sitharaman announced a new task force, which will recommend in six months policy prescriptions to lower India’s maternal mortality rate. read more

Health Infrastructure upgradation has been the focus this year, with many announcements made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman meant to improve the quality of medical colleges, especially at the district level, and also to increase the number of... read more

The singular agenda for the budget should be to boost human capital for higher consumption and create avenues for their meaningful accommodation in the life of an economy read more

During the discussion, stakeholders said POCSO investigations were delayed since India did not have specialised forensic labs, and that children recording statements were often seen suffering from trauma. read more

VK Saraswat was quoted as saying that the internet in Jammu and Kashmir was being used to just watch “dirty films”. read more

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Saraswat’s response came on a question on why internet services had been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir when he thought telecom was vital for India’s growth. read more

Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the Centre’s economic policies in the past, saying the Modi government’s ‘anti-people policies have created catastrophic unemployment’. read more

A senior party functionary said that the focus of the annual budgetary exercise will be the upliftment of the poor, expansion of the reach of benefits to the poorest and the most deprived and a financial boost to job generating sectors such as like agriculture... read more

The prime minister had a two-hour long discussion with economists, private equity and venture capitalists, business leaders and agricultural experts on Thursday and called for focussed efforts to achieve the target of nearly doubling the size of the... read more

Among others, the meeting is being attended by Home Minister Amit Shah and other cabinet ministers, besides Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and other senior officials of the think-tank. read more

Yadav, who is lodged in a jail in Ranchi in connection with the multi-crore fodder scam cases, has called for the removal of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar from the state, where assembly elections are due later this year. read more

The idea of making a special glass came to the teenager’s mind when he saw visually-impaired people of his village wear dark glasses, but it did not help them. read more