Tag: Niti Aayog

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: National Institution for Transforming India has released a recruitment notification for the position of Consultant on contractual basis. NITI Aayog, on behalf of UT Administrations i.e. Andaman  &  Nicobar(A&N) and Lakshadweep is looking to engage the services  of two (2) Consultants for  Andaman & Nicobar and two(2) Consultants for Lakshadweep for the PPP […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre and State already at loggerheads over several  issues, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s decision to skip the 4th Governing Council Meeting of the Niti Aayog scheduled to be held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi tomorrow has stirred a fresh political row here. While several important […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Tuesday said that it will reconsider the Centre’s proposal to appoint ‘Prabhari (In-Charge) Officers’ in backward districts to review implementation of various welfare schemes, but with some riders. As per reports, the State has urged the Aayog to exclude Dhenkanal from the list of nine districts identified for the programme and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated the demand for special category status to the State during a meeting with NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar at the Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. Patnaik also requested NITI Aayog to consider opening more bank branches in 4,376 unbanked panchayats in the State. Besides, he urged relaxation of […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched a scathing attack on the Odisha government for not participating in the two-day meet convened by the Niti Aayog in New Delhi from January 4. Opposing the Centre’s move to appoint Odisha Cadre IAS officers as Prabhari (in-charge) officers in eight most backward districts of Odisha – Kalahandi, […]

Bhubaneswar: A new tug of war has now ensued between Odisha and the Centre with the former deciding to skip the two-day meeting of collectors of backward districts convened by Niti Aayog to be held at New Delhi from tomorrow. Official sources said Odisha government is unhappy over the appointment of senior officers by Niti […]

New Delhi: As part of its measures to engage people from outside the government system to enhance its work, the NITI Aayog is hiring around 65 young professionals to assist it in the day-to-day functioning and also three other key bodies, including the recently-constituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. These professionals would also […]

New Delhi: Graduates with specialisation in computer sciences and technological applications especially from reputed institutions like IIT should be recruited as cyber crime investigators, a Niti Ayog report has suggested. The recommendations in “Building Smart Police: Background into the needed Police Reforms” report by the top policy making body is a part of reformative measures […]

Bhubaneswar: The Centre is mulling to establish three coastal economic zones (CEZs) across the country including one in Odisha which will come up in the combined area of the Paradip and Dhamra ports. In this regard Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant along with his team met the State government officials at the State Secretariat here […]

New Delhi: The NITI Aayog has shortlisted five States including Odisha to provide institutional support under the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) in education sector. The other four chosen states are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The Aayog will select three States out of the five in the final stage and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government should take steps to incorporate farmer-friendly reforms such as establishment of suitable agriculture market and implement land lease norms necessary to double income of peasants in the State by 2022, said NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand on the sidelines of a seminar at the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) […]

New Delhi: Stepping up its effort to acquire the special category state (SCS) status, Odisha today once again put forth its long-standing demand at the governing council meeting of NITI Aayog here. Attending the meet, chief minister Naveen Patnaik also presented the development picture of Odisha under his leadership. “I demanded the same status at […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday left for New Delhi, to attend Niti Aayog’s Governing Council meet at the national capital tomorrow. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before leaving on a five-day tour, Patnaik said he will raise the issue of Special Status tag for Odisha at the meeting. […]

NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya on Saturday said there is no relevance of special category state status for Odisha in the present scenario as the new policy on resources division between the Centre and States benefits the later the most

Asking the Niti Aayog to declare Odisha as a special category state through a special dispensation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday claimed the state would face a net loss of Rs 1776 crore in Central fund flow in 2015-16 despite increase in tax devolution