Amitabh Kant

Investing huge sums into top quality infrastructure will lead to a high trajectory of growth, but it is a difficult choice to make if resources are scarce, the Chief Executive of the government think tank NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, told NDTV.

Niti Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant has been given one-year extension till June 2022, according to an order by the Department of Personnel and Training issued Tuesday.

India's economy has witnessed a substantial transformation over 30 years since 1991 with an average annual growth of 6.5 per cent," the NITI Aayog CEO said.

Taking a veiled dig at NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's reported comments on the issue of democracy, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said there is too much "bureaucracy" in the country.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday that "tough reforms" are difficult in India because "we are too much of a democracy", but added that for the first time the government had shown the will to bring hard-headed reforms across sectors.

नीती आयोग के सीईओ अमिताभ कांत ने कहा कि सरकार इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों (ईवी) पर टैक्स की दरों को 5 प्रतिशत से कम करने की कोशिश कर रही है. इसकी तुलना में अन्य वाहनों पर 28 प्रतिशत टैक्स लगता है.

Amitabh Kant, CEO- Niti Aayog said that the government has been trying bringing down the tax rates on electric vehicles (EVs) to 5 per cent and compared to 28 per cent at other vehicles.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that after the pandemic, India will need to focus on lives and livelihoods, and economic revival in particular.

Niti Aayog CEO said India must identify 12 or 13 sectors in which it can be a global champion

A day after the Centre banned 59 mobile apps with China links, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that any apps released in the country must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy, sovereignty and transparency and stressed that the country has to stay "data sovereign."

A day after the Centre banned 59 mobile apps with China links, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that any apps released in the country must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy, sovereignty and transparency and stressed that the country has to stay "data sovereign".

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said that the Aarogya Setu app has now been declared as an open-source.

The government - at the centre and in states - could have done a lot more to take of care of migrant workers who have had a gruesome time because of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Amitabh Kant, the CEO of the NITI Aayog said on Friday.

In an exclusive interaction with ANI, NITI Aayog Chairman Amitabh Kant informed that Aarogya Setu mobile application has been built to ensure privacy and security of personal information that was collected from people. It is based on "privacy-first by design" principle.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has identified 15 places including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as "high case load" and said India's success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them.

Investing huge sums into top quality infrastructure will lead to a high trajectory of growth, but it is a difficult choice to make if resources are scarce, the Chief Executive of the government think tank NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, told NDTV.

Niti Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant has been given one-year extension till June 2022, according to an order by the Department of Personnel and Training issued Tuesday.

India's economy has witnessed a substantial transformation over 30 years since 1991 with an average annual growth of 6.5 per cent," the NITI Aayog CEO said.

Taking a veiled dig at NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant's reported comments on the issue of democracy, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said there is too much "bureaucracy" in the country.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday that "tough reforms" are difficult in India because "we are too much of a democracy", but added that for the first time the government had shown the will to bring hard-headed reforms across sectors.

नीती आयोग के सीईओ अमिताभ कांत ने कहा कि सरकार इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों (ईवी) पर टैक्स की दरों को 5 प्रतिशत से कम करने की कोशिश कर रही है. इसकी तुलना में अन्य वाहनों पर 28 प्रतिशत टैक्स लगता है.

Amitabh Kant, CEO- Niti Aayog said that the government has been trying bringing down the tax rates on electric vehicles (EVs) to 5 per cent and compared to 28 per cent at other vehicles.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that after the pandemic, India will need to focus on lives and livelihoods, and economic revival in particular.

Niti Aayog CEO said India must identify 12 or 13 sectors in which it can be a global champion

A day after the Centre banned 59 mobile apps with China links, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that any apps released in the country must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy, sovereignty and transparency and stressed that the country has to stay "data sovereign."

A day after the Centre banned 59 mobile apps with China links, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that any apps released in the country must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy, sovereignty and transparency and stressed that the country has to stay "data sovereign".

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said that the Aarogya Setu app has now been declared as an open-source.

The government - at the centre and in states - could have done a lot more to take of care of migrant workers who have had a gruesome time because of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Amitabh Kant, the CEO of the NITI Aayog said on Friday.

In an exclusive interaction with ANI, NITI Aayog Chairman Amitabh Kant informed that Aarogya Setu mobile application has been built to ensure privacy and security of personal information that was collected from people. It is based on "privacy-first by design" principle.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has identified 15 places including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as "high case load" and said India's success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them.