Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: This MSME Day, Financial Express Digital will bring together the who’s who of India’s 6.3-crore strong MSME ecosystem to engage and deliberate on key areas concerning small businesses and decipher the key ingredients required for their next phase of growth. MSME Business Conclave 2022 will be a four-day event … Read More “MSME Day: Join us at FE MSME Business Conclave 2022 on enabling transformational growth for small businesses” »
Tag: Niti Aayog
Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission is hopeful to achieve its target of establishing 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in schools across the country in the next three months, its mission director Chintan Vaishnav has stated. “In the next three months, we are hopeful of achieving the target of establishing 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs),” he … Read More “AIM hopeful to achieve its target to establish 10,000 ATLs in schools in next three months” »
Telecom operators may be able to get 5G spectrum at a lower price if Niti Aayog’s recommendation is accepted by the government. The organization, which acts as a think tank for the government, has proposed that operators be given frequencies for a 30-year period, but the reserve price should be what the Telecom Regulatory Authority … Read More “Niti Aayog bats at lower 5G spectrum price” »
India’s market for non-alcoholic beverages is expected to grow to Rs 1.47 trillion by 2030 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7%, from around Rs 67,100 crore in 2019, said the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ( Icrier) in a detailed analysis. Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), ready-to-drink teas (RTDs), energy … Read More “The market for non-alcoholic beverages is likely to hit Rs 1.47 trillion by 2030: Report” »
Did you know that the truck next to you on the highway is empty 35% of the time? The phenomenon of trucks driving empty back (empty miles) to the place of origin in the absence of a return cargo is estimated to be as high as 25% in India. This is clearly a big issue … Read More “Raaho: A freight market filled with technology” »
The growth in privatization has greatly increased the health care costs of Indians, where cash costs account for more than 60% of such expenses, according to Niti Aayog’s latest report. Dawaa Dost, a start-up company set up to solve this problem, provides customers with high-quality, affordable (in the form of generic branded) products. It was … Read More “Dawaa Dost: Make drugs easy on the pocket” »
Pointing to the challenges in developing a vision for the way ahead, new Niti Aayog vice-chairman Suman Bery has said the top government think-tank will work with states to promote economic development. Bery on Sunday took over from Rajiv Kumar, who resigned from the post in April after serving the think-tank since August 2017. “I … Read More “To work with states for development: New NITI vice-chairman” »
By KG Narendranath Two working papers for the World Bank and the IMF have recently put out divergent estimates of the state of ‘extreme poverty’ in India, on the shared definition of people living on $ 1.9 or less in purchasing power parity terms. One would have expected the Niti Aayog, the apex public-policy think … Read More “In the news – Suman Bery: Academic & team player, newly-appointed Niti Aayog vice chairman has his task cut out” »
Noted economist Suman K Bery will take charge as the vice-chairman of the government’s think tank Niti Aayog on May 1 and will remain in office until further orders, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said late Friday. He will replace Rajiv Kumar who has resigned from the post, but will continue in office till … Read More “Rajiv Kumar steps down, Suman Bery named new vice-chairman of Niti Aayog” »
India should aspire to become a high-income country by 2047 and this would need sustained economic growth year after year, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday. Kant further said that India will grow if the country can use power of its private sector. “Our per capita income is approximately USD 2,000. India is … Read More “India should aspire to become high-income country by 2047, says NITI Aayog CEO” »