Raising a serious concern over the law and order situation in Bihar Under Secretary of Planning department Rajiv Kumar shot in the state capital on Tuesday morning. He was shot by criminals at his residence. After being gunned down, he was rushed to a hospital in Patna where he was[Read More…]
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We paid high cost for democracy for 70 years, time to reap dividends now: NITI Aayog head
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…]
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…]
Rajiv Kumar takes over as vice-chairman of Niti Aayog
Renowned economist, Rajiv Kumar on Friday took over as the vice-chairman of government think tank Niti Aayog. Kumar replaced Arvind Panagariya, an Indian-American economist. Panagariya left the think tank on Thursday to return to academic world. Kumar was a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and holds[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…]