Articles tagged under: Niti Aayog

Surat as one of four Growth Hubs of India: Niti Aayog team visits the city

October 13, 2023
Surat as one of four Growth Hubs of India: Niti Aayog team visits the city

Surat: To realise the vision of making India a developed India by the year 2047, the policy aims to create such mega economic growth hubs by developing the most rapidly growing important cities and adjoining areas in India as "Growth Hubs" to give further impetus to existing economic activities and develop new industries and economic sectors. Niti Aayog, the Government of India team, visited Surat today. It is worth mentioning here that the Government of India has planned to develop four urban r...Read More

Over 47 lakh people in Gujarat came out of poverty in last 5 years: Niti Aayog

August 12, 2023
Over 47 lakh people in Gujarat came out of poverty in last 5 years: Niti Aayog

Gandhinagar: A total of 47,84,122 people have come out of poverty during 2015-16 to 2019-21 in Gujarat, which is about 5.13 % of the population, as indicated in a report from Niti Aayog. The Niti Aayog report titled 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress of Review 2023' reveals that approximately 13.5 crore individuals have come out of poverty across the nation between 2015-16 and 2019-21. In the state of Gujarat, the percentage of poor people in the population has decreased from ...Read More

Gujarat tops NITI Aayog’s Energy & Climate Index

April 11, 2022

New Delhi: Gujarat has topped the NITI Aayog's State Energy and Climate Index-Round 1 in the larger states category. Gujarat has scored 50.1 points on the basis of 6 parameters namely discoms' performance, access affordability and reliability of energy, clean energy initiatives, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and new initiatives. Kerala and Punjab have ranked second and third respectively among larger states. Goa topped in the category of small states, followed by Tripu...Read More

Gujarat stands No 1 in Export Preparedness Index released by NITI Ayog

August 26, 2020
Gujarat stands No 1 in Export Preparedness Index released by NITI Ayog

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has been ranked first in the first ever export preparedness index 2020 released by NITI AYOG today. It is the first of its kind index on the lines of ease of doing business ranking, which has ranked all the states and Union Territories on various parameters of export preparedness and competitiveness. Parameters on which ranking has been done include export promotion policy, institutional framework, business ecosystem, business environment, trade support, R&D support, export...Read More

Gujarat CM to visit Delhi to attend first meeting of CMs panel on agricultural reforms

July 17, 2019
Gujarat CM to visit Delhi to attend first meeting of CMs panel on agricultural reforms

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will be in Delhi on Thursday, July 18 to attend the first meeting of Niti Aayog's High Powered Committee of Chief Ministers for Transformation of Indian Agriculture. State officials K.Kailashnathan and Sanjay Prasad will join the CM in this visit. The nine-member committee, including chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, will submit its report within two months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while...Read More

PM attends meeting with 40 economists on the theme “Economic Policy – The Road Ahead”

June 22, 2019
PM attends meeting with 40 economists on the theme “Economic Policy – The Road Ahead”

Press Information Bureau, New Delhi:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today attended an interactive session with over 40 economists and other experts, organized by NITI Aayog, on the theme “Economic Policy – The Road Ahead.” During the session, participants shared their views, in five distinct groups, on the economic themes of macro-economy and employment, agriculture and water resources, exports, education, and health. [caption width="930" align="alignnone"] NITI Aayog PM Nare...Read More

Rupani attends NITI Aayog video conference of CMs to discuss linking agri sector with MANREGA

July 12, 2018
Rupani attends NITI Aayog video conference of CMs to discuss linking agri sector with MANREGA

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani today suggested to cover on field farming activities under the MGNREGA and family members involved in the farm-labour should be paid wages as per the scheme. For these, he also emphasized to make necessary changes in the guidelines of the MGNREGA. The Chief Minister made these suggestions during the first video conference of the committee formulated by the NITI Aayog to make policy suggestions to cover agriculture field under the MGNREGA. ...Read More

GNFC adopts Blockchain Technology, inks pact with Niti Aayog on fertiliser subsidy disbursement

June 30, 2018
GNFC  adopts  Blockchain Technology, inks pact with Niti Aayog  on fertiliser subsidy disbursement

New Delhi: NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) have signed the Statement of Intent (“SOI”) to work together towards implementing a Proof-of-Concept (“PoC”) application using Blockchain Technology for fertiliser subsidy management. Under the SOI the parties would undertake joint research, interactions, exchange learnings, and disseminate learnings across their networks. Insights and outcomes of the POC will enable NITI Aayog to suggest polic...Read More

Rupani in 7 chief ministers’ committee of Niti Aayog for MANREGA in agriculture

June 18, 2018
Rupani in 7 chief ministers’ committee of Niti Aayog for MANREGA in agriculture

Gandhinagar: Fourth Governing Council meeting of NITI Ayog, chaired by Prime Minister Mr. Narendrabhai Modi, today formed a committee consisting of seven chief ministers, including Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani, for optimum usage of recommendation of MANERGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in the agricultural field. The committee formed with total consensus was consisting of seven chief ministers – Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh) as its chai...Read More

Gujarat attains double digit growth rate in agriculture during last 15 years, confident of doubling farmers’ income by 2022: Rupani at Niti Aayog meeting

June 17, 2018
Gujarat attains double digit growth rate in agriculture during last 15 years, confident of doubling farmers’ income by 2022: Rupani at Niti Aayog meeting

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today presented the state’s achievements, made possible due to path-breaking innovations and effective implementation of social welfare plans during the last 15 years, at the 4th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in chair at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, he said the state’s agricultural sector achieved double digit growth during the last 15 years, thanks to training farm...Read More