Here’s Why Farmers Across India Have Been – and Are Still – Protesting
By Kabir Agarwal Farmers are asking for a higher minimum support price, something that the government claims to have already provided. But how it is being […]
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Govt aims to harness big data, AI in agriculture sector
By Zia Haq This month, the NITI Aayog signed an agreement with software firm IBM to develop a model for crop-yield predictions using AI so that […]
Need to focus on livelihood creation for rural youth: Naidu
New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said India needs to focus on livelihood creation for rural youth, even as he underlined the importance of […]
No safe drinking water, public transport: Why urban and not rural should be government’s focus
By Kala S Sridhar In his Budget 2018, finance minister Arun Jaitley focused on much-needed rural development. But given the contributions cities make to overall […]
India looks for more private capital in farms to boost incomes
By Archana Chaudhary & Bibhudatta Pradhan India is considering simpler regulations to attract more corporate investment in agriculture as PM Modi seeks to keep his promise to double […]
To reform agriculture markets, need joint Centre-state oversight: Niti Aayog
By Zia Haq States control farm commodity markets since agriculture is a part of the state list. Changing this will require a constitutional amendment and could […]
Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show
By Sylvia Karpagam & Veena Shatrugna Instead of accepting that millions of Indians need better nutrition, the organisation’s economists have argued that the Global Hunger Index is flawed […]
States should be ranked on media & entertainment index: NITI Aayog CEO Kant
Kant said, will ensure the growth of the sector as respective state governments would compete to offer a conducive environment to the media and entertainment […]
Labour intensive sectors continue to feel constrained by regulations: NITI Aayog survey
By Yogima Sharma NEW DELHI: Despite lot of noise around labour reforms, labour intensive sectors continue to feel constrained by labour related regulations which make […]
Niti Aayog Suggests Study To Assess India’s Groundwater Banking Potential
India’s groundwater resources amount to 433 billion cubic metres (BCM) and are 39 per cent of the total water resources NEW DELHI: The Niti Aayog […]