New Delhi: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said people have paid a very high cost for democracy in the last 70 years and it is now time to reap the dividends. He insisted that NITI Aayog, as a principal change agent, can help garner those dues. We[Read More…]
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With 90% tax on petrol & diesel, bringing them under GST impractical: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
New Delhi: Petroleum is the taxation milch cow for the central and the state governments and it is unlikely to be brought under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) any time soon. That’s also the view of the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog, Rajiv Kumar. Several senior ministers have demanded[Read More…]
Wrong to compare household, government budgets: Niti Aayog
New Delhi: Decrying the economic orthodoxy in India handed down from Europe of cutting fiscal deficits to balance budgets, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Sunday called for new definitions to be adopted for government expenditure and described as fallacious the comparisons made between household and national budgets. Speaking at[Read More…]
Renowned economist Rajiv Kumar to be new vice chairman of NITI Aayog
Renowned economist Rajiv Kumar was named as the new vice chairman of NITI Aayog on Saturday night. This comes four days after Arvind Panagariya resigned from the post. Kumar will report directly to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who is the chairperson of NITI Aayog. Rajiv Kumar, who holds a DPhil in[Read More…]
Niti Aayog vice-chairman, Arvind Panagariya announces his resignation
Arvind Panagariya, the first vice-chairman of Niti Aayog, announced his resignation from office on Tuesday. 31 August is likely to be his last working day in Niti Aayog. Panagariya was considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal pick for economic reforms. Though the exact reasons behind his resignation is[Read More…]