NITI Aayog has lost its direction; think tank does not put forward strategic and structural changes
6 years, 2 months ago

NITI Aayog has lost its direction; think tank does not put forward strategic and structural changes

Firstpost  

“Having served as a chief minister in the past, I am very much aware of the importance of actively consulting the states. Modi had then said that unlike the Planning Commission, the NITI Aayog would not follow the ‘one size fits all’ approach. Unlike the Planning Commission, NITI Aayog proposes many methods of letting the private sector take over public policy responsibilities. The strategic document released by NITI Aayog begins with a statement that India needs a ‘development state’ that focuses sharply on the difficult and accountable delivery of key public goods and services. NITI Aayog has put in a lot of effort to prepare a critical note on India’s decade-long development plan and each session of the report ends with a critical note explaining how it failed.

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Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

Hindustan Times  

In a budget speech made 75 years ago, the then finance minister John Mathai announced the setting up of a new expert body to coordinate and guide economic activities in India — the Planning Commission. Two individuals played a major role in establishing the Commission’s reputation as a knowledge powerhouse in its early years — PC Mahalanobis and Pitambar Pant. …

Planning better: On the NITI Aayog
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Planning better: On the NITI Aayog

The Hindu  

With 10 State and Union Territory representatives skipping the ninth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — seven of them boycotted it — the think tank’s role has been called into question. But the boycott and, later, the walkout by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, suggest that the role of the think …

NITI Aayog Governing Council To Convene Today, Focus On 'Viksit Bharat @2047'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

NITI Aayog Governing Council To Convene Today, Focus On 'Viksit Bharat @2047'

ABP News  

NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to preside over the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday, with a primary agenda of strategising India's transformation into a developed nation by 2047, according to a statement released on Friday. The Governing Council, NITI Aayog’s highest decision-making body, comprises all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors …

NITI Aayog should be scrapped: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ahead of governing council meeting
7 months, 3 weeks ago

NITI Aayog should be scrapped: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ahead of governing council meeting

India TV News  

Ahead of NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the autonomous think tank, first established under the present NDA government, should be scrapped and the Planning Commission should be brought back. "I thought it is my duty to raise this voice at least on a common platform, though I know the NITI …

NITI Aayog and policymaking: Explained
8 months ago

NITI Aayog and policymaking: Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: After having introduced changes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers after the general elections, the National Democratic Alliance-led government on July 16 reconstituted the government think tank NITI Aayog. Prior to this, according to The Hindu Businessline, the NITI Aayog Vice President had served as a member on both the Economic Advisory Council to …

NITI Aayog Reconstituted; 15 Union Ministers Including NDA Allies Become Part
8 months ago

NITI Aayog Reconstituted; 15 Union Ministers Including NDA Allies Become Part

News 18  

The Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Tuesday reconstituted the NITI Aayog, with four full-time members and 15 union ministers, including from BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees. The special invitees in the reconstituted NITI Aayog will be Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Jagat Prakash Nadda, H D Kumaraswamy, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh. Other …

PM to chair NITI Aayog Governing Council meet on July 27
8 months, 1 week ago

PM to chair NITI Aayog Governing Council meet on July 27

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog's ninth Governing Council meeting on July 27, which will discuss the 'Vikshit Bharat@2047' document to make India a developed nation, a senior government official said on July 8. The Council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all State Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, and several Union Ministers. “Ahead of …

NITI Aayog proposal is a conspiracy to separate Mumbai from Maha, says MVA
1 year, 6 months ago

NITI Aayog proposal is a conspiracy to separate Mumbai from Maha, says MVA

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A controversy has erupted over the NITI Aayog proposal to prepare a plan for the economic development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with the opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi taking an aggressive stand against it. “Their plan is clearly to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra and make it a union territory.” The Shiv Sena chief said that the BJP’s plans to …

Centre, States Should Work As Team India To Fulfil Dreams Of 'Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi At NITI Aayog Meet
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre, States Should Work As Team India To Fulfil Dreams Of 'Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi At NITI Aayog Meet

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the 8th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog where he stressed that the Centre along with States and Union Territories should work as Team India and fulfil the dreams and aspirations of people for a ‘Viksit Bharat’. He highlighted the “critical role” of NITI Aayog in helping States to develop their strategies for …

PM Modi to chair Niti Aayog meet today; Kejriwal, 5 other CMs to skip it
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi to chair Niti Aayog meet today; Kejriwal, 5 other CMs to skip it

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi At a time when 21 Opposition parties have chosen to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28, six chief ministers — all of states not ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party -- will not attend the Niti Aayog’s 8th governing council meeting on Saturday. The chief ministers who will skip the meeting are Delhi’s …

Niti Aayog-like body to be set up in Maharashtra: Fadnavis
2 years, 6 months ago

Niti Aayog-like body to be set up in Maharashtra: Fadnavis

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday announced that an institution on the lines of Niti Aayog would be set up in the state for comprehensive data analysis and to make studied decisions on various sectors. Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis said, "A delegation led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met the chief executive officer and other officials of …

Thinking national, acting local
4 years, 11 months ago

Thinking national, acting local

The Hindu  

The attack by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has highlighted, once again, both the bad shape of the Indian economy and the precariousness in the lives of millions of people. Any planning institution in a federal and democratic system faces two basic challenges when it comes to performing a long-term role — a constitutional challenge, and the challenge of competence. The constitutional …

Making civil servants think like a Prime Minister
5 years, 8 months ago

Making civil servants think like a Prime Minister

The Hindu  

In early June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of top bureaucrats in which he flagged three key priorities — ‘Make in India’, ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and, a new priority of ‘Ease of Living’. Exhorting the Secretaries to “think of themselves as the Prime Minister”, he stressed on the need for the civil servants to break down silos, …

Need to restructure Niti Ayog, give fund allocation powers: ex-RBI Deputy Guv
5 years, 8 months ago

Need to restructure Niti Ayog, give fund allocation powers: ex-RBI Deputy Guv

Live Mint  

Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has stressed the need for relooking at the structure and functions of the government think tank Niti Aayog and also giving it fund allocation powers analogous to that of the Planning Commission. "The Niti Aayog must be technically strengthened and reorganised so that it can develop long-term integrated programmes for investment and management of …

Niti Aayog sets up task force to brainstorm on agriculture reforms
5 years, 9 months ago

Niti Aayog sets up task force to brainstorm on agriculture reforms

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Federal policy think tank Niti Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday decided to set up a task force of state chief ministers and central ministers to prepare a blueprint for structural reforms in agriculture, vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said during a briefing. At the meeting of the Niti Aayog's Governing Council, states sought central government assistance …

Need to reinvent NITI Aayog, empower it to perform functions of Centre-state coordination: Former RBI chief YV Reddy
5 years, 11 months ago

Need to reinvent NITI Aayog, empower it to perform functions of Centre-state coordination: Former RBI chief YV Reddy

Firstpost  

There is a need to upgrade the NITI Aayog and empower it to perform functions of Centre and state coordination, he said New Delhi: The NITI Aayog suffers from a “wide mandate” and “diffused focus” and there is a need to reinvent the organisation in the context of fiscal federalism, former Reserve Bank of India governor YV Reddy said. There …

Need to reinvent Niti Aayog, says former RBI Guv Y V Reddy
5 years, 11 months ago

Need to reinvent Niti Aayog, says former RBI Guv Y V Reddy

Live Mint  

The Niti Aayog suffers from a "wide mandate" and "diffused focus" and there is a need to reinvent the organisation in the context of fiscal federalism, former RBI Governor Y V Reddy said. Each ministry has its own centrally In a book titled 'Indian Fiscal Federalism' authored by the former governor and co-authored by G R Reddy, the authors noted …

Fiscal powers will aid NITI Aayog to work better with states: Rajiv Kumar
6 years, 1 month ago

Fiscal powers will aid NITI Aayog to work better with states: Rajiv Kumar

Live Mint  

NITI Aayog, successor to the Planning Commission, has been striving to contribute to and influence policies at the national and state levels. But without the financial leverage its predecessor had with state administrations, all that NITI Aayog has in getting states to act on its recommendations is the power of ideas it can bring to the table. NITI Aayog is …

Dilli Ka Babu: A new Niti Aayog?
6 years, 1 month ago

Dilli Ka Babu: A new Niti Aayog?

Deccan Chronicle  

Former finance secretary and ex-Finance Commission chairman, Vijay Kelkar, has suggested a revamp of Niti Aayog and creating a new organisation which, unlike the present avatar, can allocate capital and revenue grants to the states. Interestingly, the suggestion has come less than five years after the government replaced the Planning Commission with the Niti Aayog, which was deliberately designed to …

Bringing back the local in the national tax regime
6 years, 2 months ago

Bringing back the local in the national tax regime

Live Mint  

By all accounts, Indian economy today is on a growth turnpike, not very different from the growth miracles experienced by Asian tigers as well as China in earlier decades. To provide the necessary fiscal base for the 3rd Tier, I would strongly urge to make constitutional amendment to enable both states and the centre to share an equal percentage of …

NITI Aayog targets $4 trillion economy by 2022-23
6 years, 2 months ago

NITI Aayog targets $4 trillion economy by 2022-23

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Federal policy think tank NITI Aayog has suggested several economic reforms with an aim to accelerate growth and boost the size of India’s economy to $4 trillion in the next five years. The blueprint, called the “Strategy for New India@75”, released in the city by finance minister Arun Jaitley and NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar, proposes increasing …

NITI Aayog Meet: PM Modi welcomes constructive discussions by CMs, shares his vision of New India-2022
6 years, 9 months ago

NITI Aayog Meet: PM Modi welcomes constructive discussions by CMs, shares his vision of New India-2022

India TV News  

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on Sunday delivered the closing remarks at the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog. Elaborating on the Union Government's guiding principle of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas, the Prime Minister said the schemes of the Union Government are no longer limited to certain people, or to certain regions, and are reaching everyone …

PM Narendra Modi to chair fourth meeting of NITI Aayog's governing council today
6 years, 9 months ago

PM Narendra Modi to chair fourth meeting of NITI Aayog's governing council today

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fourth meeting of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council on Sunday to discuss various issues, including measures taken to double farmers’ income and progress of flagship schemes New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fourth meeting of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council on Sunday to discuss various issues, including measures taken to double farmers’ …

Narendra Modi to chair 4th meeting of Niti Aayog’s governing council on 17 June
6 years, 9 months ago

Narendra Modi to chair 4th meeting of Niti Aayog’s governing council on 17 June

Live Mint  

New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fourth meeting of Niti Aayog’s governing council on Sunday to discuss various issues, including measures taken to double farmers’ income and progress of flagship schemes. The governing council, according to an official statement, is expected to discuss important subjects, including measures taken to double farmers’ income; progress of flagship schemes such as …

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says think tank is planning chief ministers' meet on 'New India 2022' strategy paper
6 years, 10 months ago

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says think tank is planning chief ministers' meet on 'New India 2022' strategy paper

Firstpost  

Niti Aayog, the premier policy-making think tank of the Central government, will prepare a development agenda by June for ‘New India 2022’ and call for a chief ministers’ meeting to discuss the matter, its Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant said Kolkata: Niti Aayog, the premier policy-making think tank of the Central government, will prepare a development agenda by June for …

NITI Aayog is a tool for controlling states, alleges Congress MP Shantaram Naik
7 years, 9 months ago

NITI Aayog is a tool for controlling states, alleges Congress MP Shantaram Naik

Firstpost  

Senior Congress leader Shantaram Naik accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to control the states through the Niti Aayog. Panaji: Senior Congress leader Shantaram Naik accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to control the states through NITI Aayog. The socialist-era Planning Commission was in 2015 replaced by a new think-tank, NITI Aayog, which is headed by the prime …

NITI Aayog joins hands with research institutions to create 'New India' by 2022
7 years, 10 months ago

NITI Aayog joins hands with research institutions to create 'New India' by 2022

Firstpost  

Government think-tank NITI Aayog on Wednesday said it will team up with premier educational and policy research institutions across the country to pursue Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a New India by 2022. New Delhi: Government think-tank NITI Aayog on Wednesday said it will team up with premier educational and policy research institutions across the country to pursue Prime …

Yogi Adityanath govt to prepare UP development roadmap in the next 15 days
7 years, 10 months ago

Yogi Adityanath govt to prepare UP development roadmap in the next 15 days

Firstpost  

A joint working group comprising top functionaries of the NITI Aayog and Yogi Adityanath government will prepare a roadmap to ensure all-round development of Uttar Pradesh in the next 15 days. Lucknow: A joint working group comprising top functionaries of the NITI Aayog and Yogi Adityanath government will prepare a roadmap to ensure all-round development of Uttar Pradesh in the …

Niti Aayog's Vision 2032' disappoints
7 years, 10 months ago

Niti Aayog's Vision 2032' disappoints

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief ministers of states spent most of Sunday deliberating over the plans and prospects for India in the next 15 years to 2031-32. The third governing council meeting of the Niti Aayog seems to have been an underwhelming affair, judging from the two presentations put up on its website. Three years ago, when the …

NITI Aayog: Three-year action agenda presented for nation's development
7 years, 10 months ago

NITI Aayog: Three-year action agenda presented for nation's development

Firstpost  

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Sunday presented a draft of the three-year action agenda for the nation’s development at the planning body’s Governing Council meeting here. New Delhi: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Sunday presented a draft of the three-year action agenda for the nation’s development at the planning body’s Governing Council meeting here. Panagariya said that apart …

Niti Aayog fails to submit papers in House, panel refuses to review its budget
8 years, 1 month ago

Niti Aayog fails to submit papers in House, panel refuses to review its budget

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet NITI Aayog was caught on the wrong foot when a parliamentary panel refused to review its budget for 2017-18. CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant during a conference in Mumbai The standing committee on finance pointed out that NITI Aayog, headed by Amitabh Kant, has not submitted its detailed demand for grants and annual report …

Demise of planning
8 years, 7 months ago

Demise of planning

The Hindu  

At the time of Indian Independence, there were three important features of the global state of affairs following the end of the Second World War. The resolution tells us that an “Advisory Planning Board” appointed by the Government of India reviewed planning problems and recommended, towards the end of 1949, “ …the appointment of a Planning Commission to devote continuous …

Modi may exhort states to work with Centre at NITI meet
8 years, 8 months ago

Modi may exhort states to work with Centre at NITI meet

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to impress upon states to follow Centre’s policies for rapid development and high economic growth at the third meeting of the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council on 30 July New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to impress upon states to follow Centre’s policies for rapid development and high economic growth at the third …

India must change five-year plan model: Arun Maira
9 years, 5 months ago

India must change five-year plan model: Arun Maira

India TV News  

New Delhi: After a recast of Planning Commission, India must change its five-year approach and make it a more dynamic exercise, even as conditions must be created to promote more jobs and entrepreneurship, Arun Maira, a former member of the erstwhile plan panel has said. Maira, 72, whose book "An upstart in government: Journeys of Change and Learning" was released …

Assured of a stable & functional govt
9 years, 9 months ago

Assured of a stable & functional govt

The Hindu  

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi and his NDA Government on completing one year in office. There was a setback to our growth, caused by external issues like slowdown in the world economy and domestic factors such as widening current account deficit, high inflation, high interest cost, policy paralysis or logjam, stalled projects …

Planning Commission was better than NITI Aayog: Himachal CM | IndiaTV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Planning Commission was better than NITI Aayog: Himachal CM | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Shimla: Batting for the disbanded Planning Commission, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Friday it was far better than the newly-constituted NITI Aayog as far as the welfare of states was concerned. I personally feel NITI Aayog has no clear directives for special category states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand," he said. The chief minister said besides the …

NITI Aayog website launched | IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

NITI Aayog website launched | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

NITI Aayog website launched New Delhi: The Centre on Monday launched the website of NITI Aayog almost five months after archiving the website of the erstwhile Planning Commission.The beta version of the website was launched by Vice Chairman of New Delhi: The Centre on Monday launched the website of NITI Aayog almost five months after archiving the website of the …

Niti Aayog may rope in Mohandas Pai, Deutsche's Sanyal as full time members
9 years, 10 months ago

Niti Aayog may rope in Mohandas Pai, Deutsche's Sanyal as full time members

Firstpost  

In a first, the government’s think tank NITI Aayog has reportedly proposed to rope in Sanjeev Sanyal, Deutsche Bank’s global strategist based in Singapore, and T V Mohandas Pai, chairman, Manipal Global Education, and former member of the Infosys as full-time members. According to an Indian Express report, Sanyal is to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliver on his promise …

With just 300 staffers, Niti Aayog leaner than Planning Commission
9 years, 11 months ago

With just 300 staffers, Niti Aayog leaner than Planning Commission

Hindustan Times  

The National Institutional for Transforming India Aayog will be a lean body unlike its predecessor, the Planning Commission, which had over 1,100 employees. The Niti Aayog that replaced the plan panel on January 1, 2015, would have about 300 people including the members and the support staff, government sources said. In the new structure the government plans to have a …

NITI Aayog to have specialised wings, including 'Team India'
10 years, 1 month ago

NITI Aayog to have specialised wings, including 'Team India'

India TV News  

New Delhi: The newly-created NITI Aayog will be a think-tank having experts and representative on its board from states and the Centre and will have specialised wings including 'Team India'. According to the statement, NITI Aayog will function in close cooperation, consultation and coordination with the central ministries and state governments. By playing match-maker instead of providing the entire services …

PM Modi to seek Chief Ministers' views on budget, infra and development at NITI Aayog meet
10 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi to seek Chief Ministers' views on budget, infra and development at NITI Aayog meet

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today seek views of Chief Ministers and Lt Governors on Budget 2015-16, flagship schemes and infrastructure projects like rail and roads to put the economy on high growth trajectory during the first meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog on Sunday. "The Prime Minister will interact with the Chief Ministers tomorrow to know …

PM Narendra Modi for taking full advantage of prevailing global environment
10 years, 1 month ago

PM Narendra Modi for taking full advantage of prevailing global environment

India TV News  

New Delhi: Keen to encash on drop in oil prices and favourable global economic outlook, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today courted economists for ideas to make the ensuing budget growth-oriented and bring investors back. “India must develop fast, taking advantage of current global environment, to meet the aspirations of the people,” an official release quoting Modi said. Briefing reporters after …

PM Modi to seek experts' views at first NITI meeting on February 6
10 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi to seek experts' views at first NITI meeting on February 6

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will, on Friday, brainstorm with experts in the maiden meeting of NITI Aayog to find ways to boost economy as government prepares to present its first full-fledged Budget later this month. Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, Aayog's full time members Bibek Debroy and V K Saraswat, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, Planning …

PM Modi to interact with economists, experts at NITI Aayog
10 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi to interact with economists, experts at NITI Aayog

India TV News  

New Delhi: In the first meeting of NITI Aayog on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with eminent economists and experts across sectors along with the existing members of the newly constituted body. "The meeting will deliberate over the role of NITI Aayog can play in changed economic scenario at its first meeting on February 6," a source said. …

Modi to hold first meeting of NITI Aayog on February 6
10 years, 1 month ago

Modi to hold first meeting of NITI Aayog on February 6

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spell out the functional roadmap of the newly created NITI Aayog at its first meeting being scheduled on February 6, 2015. “After the meeting it will be clear, whether the Aayog will be recognised as government body or merely play the role of an economic think-tank,” the source said. The source said that the meeting …

The new name of planning
10 years, 2 months ago

The new name of planning

The Hindu  

The “Yojana Aayog” or “Planning Commission” has been replaced by the “National Institution for Transforming India” or “NITI” for short. First and foremost, it means a sharp break from Soviet inspired National Development Plans to “Niti”, that is “Policy” and “Institutional change for ‘transforming India’.” Paragraph three of the Cabinet resolution states: we “require institutional reforms in governance and dynamic …

Former Plan Panel secretary Sindhushree Khullar appointed NITI Aayog's CEO
10 years, 2 months ago

Former Plan Panel secretary Sindhushree Khullar appointed NITI Aayog's CEO

India TV News  

New Delhi: Former Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar was today appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed NITI Aayog. Khullar, a retired IAS officer, has been appointed on contract basis for a period of one year from January 1, 2015, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said. Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO chief …

Niti Ayog a think tank based on RSS ideology: Tarun Gogoi
10 years, 2 months ago

Niti Ayog a think tank based on RSS ideology: Tarun Gogoi

India TV News  

Guwahati: Niti Ayog is going to be a think tank based on the ideology of RSS, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi alleged today. It is going to be a think tank based on the ideology of RSS," Gogoi tweeted today. He had earlier said the renaming of the Planning Commission as Niti Ayog was an attempt to belittle the contribution …

Arvind Panagariya expected to be new V-C of NITI Aayog
10 years, 2 months ago

Arvind Panagariya expected to be new V-C of NITI Aayog

India TV News  

New Delhi: Speculations are doing rounds that noted economist and Columbia University Professor Arvind Panagariya is expected to be the new Vice-Chairman of the revamped Planning Commission NITI Aayog. In the lead up to the 2014 general elections, Panagariya had endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies and had backed the Gujarat model of development. He was considered once before also …

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