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 a government think tank and it works for the government. Tax policy expert Dr Vijay Kelkar said last month that after NITI Aayog replaced Planning Commission, central government’s policy reach in promoting regionally balanced growth has reduced. I think NITI Aayog is the right body because working with the states and cooperative, and competitive federalism, are the mandates of NITI Aayog.

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Niti Aayog’s decade as an ideas platform
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Niti Aayog’s decade as an ideas platform

Hindustan Times  

‘We will replace the Planning Commission with a new institution having a new design and structure, a new body, a new soul, a new thinking, a new direction.’ These were the words of Narendra Modi on August 15, 2014, in his first Independence Day speech as Prime Minister. As the nodal agency for tracking India’s performance on the UN’s Agenda …

Planning better: On the NITI Aayog
7 months, 3 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 meet: PM Modi calls for collective efforts towards ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

NITI Aayog meet: PM Modi calls for collective efforts towards ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 9th governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Saturday, aiming to outline a strategy for making India a developed nation by 2047. Indian economy, which was ranked 10th largest economy in the world in 2014, has risen to become the 5th largest economy by 2024,” a release issued by the …

NITI Aayog Governing Council To Convene Today, Focus On 'Viksit Bharat @2047'
7 months, 3 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 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 …

Govt reconstitutes NITI Aayog under PM Modi's chairmanship | What are its role and functions?
8 months ago

Govt reconstitutes NITI Aayog under PM Modi's chairmanship | What are its role and functions?

India TV News  

NITI Aayog: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government reconstituted NITI Aayog, appointing four full-time members and including 15 union ministers, including those from BJP allies, as ex-officio members or special invitees. The National Institution for Transforming India, or NITI Aayog, was constituted in 2015 when the PM Modi-led Union government chose to scrap the 65-year-old Planning Commission. Chairman: Prime Minister Narendra …

Niti Aayog receives Telangana's wish list
1 year, 2 months ago

Niti Aayog receives Telangana's wish list

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In his meeting with Niti Aayog vice-chair Suman Kumar Bery and member Vijay Kumar Saraswat at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy presented them with an extensive wish list, traversing key developmental issues, policy initiatives and collaborative strategies to foster the overall progress of Telangana state. The Chief Minister requested Niti Aayog to consider increasing allocations …

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 …

DC Edit | Niti Aayog makes little impact
1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Niti Aayog makes little impact

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a sign of the politically polarised times that the Niti Aayog meeting should have become the medium of a virtual boycott of the Centre by many non-BJP ruled States. It is also a sign of where the debate over cooperative federalism is going vis-a-vis the power of the Big Brother in the Centre as opposed to the constituent …

PM Modi Tells State Governments To Follow Fiscal Prudence
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi Tells State Governments To Follow Fiscal Prudence

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: At the eighth governing council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the states and districts to develop a long-term vision to make India a developed country by 2047, when the country completes 100 years of Independence. Chairing the NITI Aayog governing council meeting in the national capital, Mr Modi said that NITI Aayog …

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 …

Delhi CM says will skip NITI Aayog meet, to call on KCR today for support on ordinance issue
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi CM says will skip NITI Aayog meet, to call on KCR today for support on ordinance issue

The Hindu  

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he would not attend the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday in protest against the Centre’s “undemocratic” and “unconstitutional” ordinance that undermines cooperative federalism. “Such actions do not align with the spirit of cooperative federalism, which is the objective of the NITI Aayog meeting.” He also …

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 …

India's federal structure became role model during Covid: PM at NITI Aayog meet
2 years, 7 months ago

India's federal structure became role model during Covid: PM at NITI Aayog meet

Hindustan Times  

A fruitful interaction was held during the NITI Aayog's seventh governing council meeting where chief minister and lieutenant governors presented the best practices from their states, said NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer. PM Narendra Modi and other ministers and chief ministers at the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog in New Delhi, Sunday. At the meeting Prime Minister Narendra …

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 …

We will scrap Niti Aayog, says Rahul
5 years, 11 months ago

We will scrap Niti Aayog, says Rahul

India TV News  

We will scrap Niti Aayog, says Rahul "If voted to power, we will scrap the Niti Aayog. We will replace it with a lean Planning Commission whose members will be renowned economists and experts with less than 100 staff," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet. Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that his party will scrap the Niti Aayog …

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 …

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 …

Niti Aayog open to have a role in allocating developmental funds to states: Vice chairman Rajiv Kumar
6 years, 1 month ago

Niti Aayog open to have a role in allocating developmental funds to states: Vice chairman Rajiv Kumar

Firstpost  

Kumar said Budget 2019 has achieved a very good balance between providing a growth stimulus and maintaining the fiscal discipline New Delhi: The Niti Aayog is open to the idea of having a role in fund allocation to states for developmental expenditure and would discuss the matter with the 15th Finance Commission, the think tank’s vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said …

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 has lost its direction; think tank does not put forward strategic and structural changes
6 years, 3 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 …

NITI Aayog targets $4 trillion economy by 2022-23
6 years, 3 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 shares his vision of 'New India-2022'
6 years, 9 months ago

NITI Aayog Meet : PM Modi shares his vision of 'New India-2022'

India TV News  

The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog concluded at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Practices like ‘Wazan Tyohar’ are being implemented as part of Poshan Abhiyaan and we have designated a nodal agency for Ayushman Bharat: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh at the meeting 01:36 pm: We are taking active measures for doubling farmers’ income in the state through various …

Is Niti Aayog willing to get its hands dirty?
7 years, 6 months ago

Is Niti Aayog willing to get its hands dirty?

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajiv Kumar, the new vice-chairman of the Niti Aayog, has made development of an organic, Bharatiya model of development as his mission. Meanwhile, the top one per cent of adults garnered 29 per cent of the growth in India. More worryingly, the next nine per cent of adults, from the top, garnered 37 per cent of growth in India, significantly …

NITI Aayog is a tool for controlling states, alleges Congress MP Shantaram Naik
7 years, 10 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'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 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 …

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, 10 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 should fix plan allocation: Chandy
10 years, 1 month ago

NITI Aayog should fix plan allocation: Chandy

The Hindu  

The NITI Aayog should continue to determine the levels of funds to be allocated to the States and fix Plan expenditure like the erstwhile Planning Commission, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. At the first meeting of the NITI Aayog here on Sunday, Mr. Chandy said the Aayog should continue the functions performed by the Planning Commission of determining, …

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 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 …

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 …

NITI Aayog may lead to strained relations between Centre, states: Congress
10 years, 2 months ago

NITI Aayog may lead to strained relations between Centre, states: Congress

Firstpost  

Newly-formed NITI Aayog is an “authoritative” body, said Congress. Mathura: Newly-formed NITI Aayog is an “authoritative” body as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide everything and it may lead to “strained” relations between the Centre and states, Congress said on Wednesday. “It is discriminatory and may lead to strained relation between the Centre and states,” said Madhusudan Mistry, AICC general …

NITI Aayog a threat to federal structure: Congress
10 years, 2 months ago

NITI Aayog a threat to federal structure: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress and the Communist Party of India said here on Friday that replacing the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog would strike at the very foundation of the federal structure, and the new body would be an “extension of the all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office.” Briefing presspersons, Congress spokesman Ajoy Kumar said NITI Aayog would, in effect, become a “PMO Commission” …

NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission; PM to be chairperson
10 years, 2 months ago

NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission; PM to be chairperson

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government began the New Year replacing the age-old Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog, where the prime minister would continue as chairperson of the revamped body. Referring to his predecessor Manmohan Singh's remarks that the body had no futuristic vision in the post-reform period and must be reinvented to remain more effective …

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