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Following which Sunil placed the vehicle on the edge of the road. Then both involved in a quarrel,” ACP Rajiv Kumar said.

Woman fires at auto driver after tiff, arrested

“We have booked the woman and her husband and the investigation is underway,” the ACP added.

21 Jun 2018 2:15 AM

The fourth meeting of the Niti Aayog's Governing Council will be held on June 16 and deliberate on the development agenda for 'New India 2022', vice chairman of the think tank Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.

NITI Aayog's Governing Council to meet on June 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also discuss plans for celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

27 May 2018 12:48 PM

While last year, the Niti Aayog had prepared a three-year action agenda till the year 2019-2020 under which it had listed some “ambitious proposals for policy changes”, the development agenda will focus on actually achieving those goals by 2022.

Government sets ambitious farm, export, job targets for 2022

Aims to double farmers’ income, boost manufacturing, economy.

18 May 2018 3:39 AM

Walmart had a global sales turnover of $495bn in 2017. Of this, its US sales was $317bn. In America, estimates say that Chinese suppliers make up 70-80% of Walmart's merchandise, leaving less than 20% for US-made products. (Photo: AFP)

Walmart entry: Red carpet for Chinese imports

Walmart has begun competing with Amazon for the e-commerce space and about 10 per cent of its US sales are now by this.

08 May 2018 12:45 AM

Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday made a strong case for accelerating growth to provide good jobs to 'aspirational youths' and compete with China on various fronts.

High growth must for generating jobs, says Rajiv Kumar

Unless good jobs are created for growing population of youth, the demographic dividend will become demographic nightmare.

01 May 2018 6:26 PM

NITI Aayog will soon come out with a development agenda for 'New India 2022', which will spell out strategy for expediting economic growth, its vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Monday.

NITI Aayog to come out with development agenda for 'New India 2022'

There should be no confusion about government's electric mobility policy.

30 Apr 2018 2:55 PM

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar expects India's economy to grow by at least 7.5 per cent in 2018-19.

Economic growth likely to hit 7.5 pc in FY19: Niti VC Rajiv Kumar

The government should now concentrate on consolidating the reform initiatives undertaken in the last 47 months, he added.

28 Apr 2018 2:31 PM

Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts crossed Rs 80,000 crore mark with more people joining the flagship financial inclusion programme, according to official data.

Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 80,000 crore

India's financial inclusion efforts have won recognition from the World Bank.

22 Apr 2018 1:56 PM

Kaizala has seen strong uptake in BFSI, public companies: Microsoft

Microsoft has seen strong uptake of 'Kaizala' across sectors like banking and financial services.

22 Apr 2018 11:36 AM

A parliamentary panel has called Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on May 17 to answer queries on a spate of banking scams unearthed in the last few months, sources said.

Parliamentary panel calls Urjit Patel to answer queries on bank scams

Patel had recently said that the RBI doesn't have adequate powers to deal with pubic sector banks.

17 Apr 2018 3:19 PM

The proposal was made for increasing the speed of the Bengaluru-Chennai corridor to 150 kmph. (Representational Image)

India asks for China's help in speeding-up Bengaluru-Chennai train corridor

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said, 'We offered them speeding up of Bengaluru-Chennai railway corridor.'

16 Apr 2018 10:37 AM

The proposal was made for increasing the speed of the corridor to 150 kmph. (Photo: Representational)

India looks to China for speeding-up of Bangalore-Chennai train corridor

The proposal was made at the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held in Beijing between the two countries.

15 Apr 2018 8:36 PM

Secretary of Department of Financial Services Rajiv Kumar. (Photo: Twitter)

Govt cleaning up banking sector, says DFS secretary

Banks have also raised more than Rs 10,000 crore so far and will raise more in the coming months from the market.

11 Apr 2018 9:13 AM

Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar (Photo: PTI)

‘Link funds to states’ perfomance’

The commission was constituted late last year under the chairmanship of former bureaucrat and ex-MP N.K. Singh.

09 Apr 2018 12:57 AM

Artificial Intelligence to get PMO push

In this light, the government think-tank has now been asked to think of ways of increasing its penetration.

22 Feb 2018 1:43 AM

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar. (Photo: Twitter)

Raising farmer’s income key to better agricultural production

Bureaucrats shared their views on various economic themes such as macro-economy, agriculture and rural development.

11 Jan 2018 11:18 AM

Niti Aayog's new Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Won’t be a populist Budget, says Niti VC

Kumar, however, opines that the Budget will mainly focus on improving the welfare of common man.

09 Jan 2018 12:58 AM

GST regime to stabilise in next 18 months: Rajiv Kumar

At present, tax compliance is between 40 to 43 per cent.

22 Dec 2017 6:08 PM

The Niti Aayog now plans to engage with the concerned stakeholders of these 90-odd projects and find out their actual status.

Govt identifies 90 big-ticket lagging projects

Some of the main reasons range from lack of funds, environmental clearances, non-availability of raw material as well as land acquisition.

12 Dec 2017 6:27 AM

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Sunday said the time has come for consolidation of reforms, including GST, bankruptcy code and benami law, initiated by the Modi government in the last 42 months. (Photo: PTI)

Time for consolidation of reforms initiated in 42 months: Rajiv Kumar

New initiatives in next 18 months, the Niti Aayog VC said, should focus on health and education sectors.

26 Nov 2017 1:11 PM

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