New Delhi: In another thrust to his electric vehicle (EV) dream, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the country needs to be ‘Aatmanirbhar’ (self-reliant) in its energy sector. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 75th Independence Day, Modi said that from solar energy and bio fuels to […]
Never in the recent past the threat to the core values of federalism was as serious as it is now, with the NDA government systematically usurping the rights of the States and taking unilateral and arbitrary decisions. No wonder there is a growing sense of frustration among the States over the steady erosion of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
