NITI Aayog – Timeline Daily

“Self-Serving Petty Politics”: Jairam Ramesh Blasts Centre On Slashing Karnataka’s Special Grants

25Mar

India

“Self-Serving Petty Politics”: Jairam Ramesh Blasts Centre On Slashing Karnataka’s Special Grants

Accusing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to highlight that the central government had rejected the Finance Commission’s recommendations for special grants for the state of Karnataka, withholding almost Rs 12,000 cro...

Cheistha Kochhar: She Was Bright, Brilliant And Brave, Says Amitabh Kant On Young Indian Scholar Died In UK

24Mar

People

Cheistha Kochhar: She Was Bright, Brilliant And Brave, Says Amitabh Kant On Young Indian Scholar Died In UK

Cheistha Kochhar, a promising young scholar and former Senior Advisor at The National Behavioural Insights Unit of India in NITI Aayog, died in a devastating traffic incident while cycling in London. Amitabh Kant, Sherpa G20 India and former CEO of NITI Aayog, expressed his grief over the untimely d...

Congress Strongly Disputes NITI Aayog Claims On Poverty

27Feb

Elections

Congress Strongly Disputes NITI Aayog Claims On Poverty

New Delhi, February 27: The Congress today strongly disputed the NITI Aayog claims on poverty in the country that only five percent people were poor. The party said these fictitious figures were deliberately being dished out to set a particular narrative that was far from the truth and reality. A...

“Poorest 5% Struggle To Survive On Rs 46 A Day”: Congress Slams Centre Over Poverty Claims

27Feb

Food, Health, India, Jobs, People

“Poorest 5% Struggle To Survive On Rs 46 A Day”: Congress Slams Centre Over Poverty Claims

In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government, the Congress on Tuesday highlighted the glaring contradictions apparent in its claims of poverty eradication. Despite official assertions of poverty elimination, the stark reality remains evident through distressing inc...

26Feb

India

Poverty Drops To 5 Percent In India: Niti Aayog CEO

The latest consumer expenditure survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) suggests a decline in poverty levels in India. According to B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, the CEO of NITI Aayog, the survey indicates that poverty has reduced to five percent, reflecting a trend of prosperity acros...

A 17-Year-Old Teen Builds ‘AgRobot’ At School’s Atal Tinkering Lab

9Feb

Education

A 17-Year-Old Teen Builds ‘AgRobot’ At School’s Atal Tinkering Lab

Aryan Singh teenager from Kota, Rajasthan build an all-purpose robot, AgRobot, to help farmers assess soil and crop health, water needs and detect pests. The 17-year-old boy built the AgRobot at his school’s Atal Tinkering Lab, a central government initiative to help students to develop innovative s...

Steep Decline In Number Of Multidimensionally Poor: Centre

6Dec

India

Steep Decline In Number Of Multidimensionally Poor: Centre

When questions has been raised at the Parliament Winter Session about the data of people living under Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country, the union government, citing 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index' released by NITI Aayog, claimed that there is decrease in the number of multidimension...