Tag: Niti Aayog

To nurture an innovative mind-set among high school students of J&K, the Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog will establishing more than 500 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), an official statement said.

Precaution dose is very necessary to keep Covid-19 at bay. The virus is still there; Covid-19 cases have risen in past few days. Like earlier, all precautions are necessary, masks and social distancing is still crucial, said Dr VK Paul, Member Health, NITI Aayog.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing the meet of the NITI Aayog Governing Council on Sunday, called on each state to focus on promoting its "3Ts" (trade, tourism, technology) through every Indian Mission around the world.

With the state being impacted almost every year by natural disasters, Odisha Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged the Centre to make Odisha a special focus state and allocate funds for disaster proofing.

The CM placed the demands before NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Suman Bery and member Dr Vinod K Paul during their visit to the state.

The state had secured 12th position in the first edition of the index launched in October 2019 and 14th position in the second edition, 2020. 

He will replace Amitabh Kant, who will demit office on June 30.

As per the advertisement, the last date to apply for the multiple positions is June 27, 2022.

Niti Aayog Vice Chairperson Rajeev Kumar has resigned from his post and will be replaced by economist Suman K. Bery from May 1, an official statement said on Friday.

To achieve the child development priorities under the SDGs, UNICEF India and NITI Aayog are developing a comprehensive measure to understand the multi-dimensional attainments and deprivations among children across health and nutrition, education, water and sanitation and household living standards, the statement said.

Speaking to CNBC, he said that the time is ripe for the EV industry to instill a sense of confidence in consumers the way global automakers do by voluntarily recalling their vehicles over fire risks.

Kerala and Punjab rank second and third (in large states) in the State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) Round I wherein the states were ranked on six parameters namely, discoms' performance, access, affordability and reliability of energy, clean energy initiatives, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and new initiatives, all based on 2019-2020 data.

The State Energy and Climate Index Round 1 will be released in the presence of secretaries of various government departments and stakeholders from the energy sector that would be invited to the release event here.

The focus of the budget has been to address the constraints which are in the way of the country grasping the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution, he said.

A key highlight of the summit will be India's biggest fintech hackathon ever, which will provide an opportunity to individual developers and the startup community to present breakthrough ideas with the potential to solve real-world problems.