In addition, the Minister is also tasked with other pressing duties like the Leader of Rajya Sabha, the source added.
Tag: Amitabh Kant
Crisis an opportunity for transformation: Niti Aayog’s Amitabh Kant at OP Jindal Global University Convocation
To honour this moment in the lives of the graduating students of the university, especially at a time when students are unable to access campuses across the globe, JGU went the extra mile to organize a one-of-a-kind virtual Convocation Ceremony.
Can’t reach $5 tn economy without top class engineers: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Kant was congratulating the 30 recipients of the Ratti Chhatr scholarship, sponsored by Panasonic India.
There should be no road tax on electric vehicles: Amitabh Kant
New Delhi, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said there should be no road tax on electric vehicles to bring the ownership cost of electronic vehicles at par with combustion vehicles. He said the NITI Aayog has suggested the states do away with road tax and issue green permits[Read More…]
India’s energy deficit down to 1% in four years: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: The installed power generation capacity in India has risen to 344 GigaWatts (GW) and its energy deficit, which stood at over 4 per cent in 2014, has shrunk to less than one per cent in 2018, an official release said on Wednesday. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant made[Read More…]
J&K’s Kupwara least improved; 9 Bihar districts among bottom 20: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: Among the 108 most backward districts across the country, Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara has shown the least improvement while Gujarat’s Dahod has shown the most, the NITI Aayog said on Friday. Releasing the first delta ranking of the most backward districts in the country — which the NITI[Read More…]
‘Days of physical banks over; 2020 will be turning point’: Amitabh Kant
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Monday said the days of physical banks were ending, and that banks unable to make a transition to data analytics and digital banking would die by 2020. “You will see a huge transformation towards digital payments by 2020. My view is that 2020 will[Read More…]
Amitabh Kant urges for one policy on retail biz and e-commerce
India is the only country where there are different policies for different segments of the retail business and e-commerce. Logically, there should be one policy, said Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog. Kant was interacting with CEOs at the Valedictory Session of the sixth edition of Massmerize 2016, FICCI’s annual[Read More…]