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NITI Aayog releases SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22

NITI Aayog under Indo-German Cooperation has released Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard ranks 56 urban areason 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework. Shimla tops the Index followed by Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram Worst performers: Patna, Guwahati, Itanagar, Meerut, Dhanbad Urban areas have been classified as: Aspirant: 0–49 Performer: […]

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India launches E-Amrit portal for Electric Vehicles at COP26

The Central government launched ‘E-Amrit’, a web portal on electric vehicles (EVs), at the ongoing COP26 Summit in United Kingdom’s Glasgow on November 10, 2021. The web portal has been developed by NITI Aayog with support from UK government. E-Amrit is one-stop destination to provide all information regarding electric vehicles. According to a statement issued by the

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NITI Aayog announces five top aspirational districts in education sector

NITI Aayog announces five top aspirational districts in the education sector

NITI Aayog has announced the top five aspirational districts in the education sector for September month. Bhoopalpalli in Telangana tops the ranking, followed by Chatra and Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Nuapada in Odisha, and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. This is as per NITI Aayog’s delta rankings. CEO of NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India): Amitabh Kant.

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Niti Aayog, World Bank ready electric vehicles financing push

Niti Aayog and the World Bank are working together to facilitate a program for faster and easier financing of electric vehicles (EV) after high-street banks seemed lukewarm due to a small resale market, higher default probabilities, and significant upfront costs. NITI Aayog and World Bank are setting up a $300-million ‘first loss risk sharing instrument’, with the State Bank of India (SBI) as its

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NITI Aayog Releases Report on ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’

NITI Aayog has released a comprehensive report titled “Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle”, on October 29, 2021, which brings out the gaps in the health insurance coverage across the Indian population and offers solutions to address the situation. The report has a Foreword by NITI Aayog Member Dr. V.K. Paul. The report has stated that 30% of

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NITI Aayog launches “Innovations for You” Digi-Book

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog has launched a Digi-book named “Innovations for You”. The sector in focus in this Digi-book is Healthcare. The book is a compilation of 45health tech startups, incubated at Atal Incubation Centres spread across the country. These startups are leveraging frontier technologies such as AI, IoT, ICT, and others to provide socially relevant

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NITI Aayog joins hand with ISRO to launch Geospatial Energy Map of India

NITI Aayog has launched the Geospatial Energy Map of India which will provide a holistic picture of all energy resources of the country. Geospatial Energy Map of India was launched by Dr. Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog), Dr. V K Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog), and Shri Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog) on 18 October 2021. Dr. K

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NITI Aayog-UNDP India Launches Handbook On Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management

NITI Aayog and UNDP India launched a handbook to promote the sustainable management of plastic waste in the country. The report, titled ‘NITI Aayog-UNDP Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management, was released on 11th October 2021 by NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr. Rajiv Kumar, CEO Shri Amitabh Kant, and Shri. Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Secretary

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NITI Aayog bats for tax breaks to achieve monetisation goal

NITI Aayog reported that the government should give Income tax breaks to attract retail investors into instruments like Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to make the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) a success. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Centre’s think tank driving the NMP, estimated to raise almost ₹6 lakh crore for the exchequer over four

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NITI Aayog released North Eastern Region District SDG Index and Dashboard

Government think tank NITI Aayog recently released the first edition of the North-Eastern Region District Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index and Dashboard 2021–22. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The NER District SDG Index& Dashboard, a collaborative effort by NITI Aayog and Ministry of DoNER, with technical support from UNDP. The Index measures the performance of

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