-TheWire.in Experts believe that the “population explosion” theory is contentious as despite its 1.37 billion people, India’s birth rates have been falling. New Delhi: Drawing from prime minister Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech, the NITI AAYog will soon start drafting a roadmap for “population stabilisation” in India. On Friday, it organised a national consultation titled “Realising the vision of population stabilisation: leaving no one behind” with the Population Foundation of India (PFI)...
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Govt must introduce millets in mid-day meal scheme: Kant
-PTI The government must introduce millets into diet of the mid-day meal programme to improve India''s low nutrition ranking, Niti AAYog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said. Speaking at a workshop on ''Energy-Water-Agriculture Nexus: Grow Solar, Save Water, Double the Farm Income'', Kant further said India needs to intensify crop diversification and public procurement must focus on very less water intensive crops. "We must introduce pulses and millets into the diet of the...
More »India's healthcare should not go down the dangerous US model path -Soham D Bhaduri
-TheWire.in In a recent NITI AAYog report, essential areas like population health and primary healthcare receive only ritualistic treatment. The NITI AAYog’s recently published report titled ‘Health System for a New India: Building Blocks – Potential Pathways to Reform‘ is remarkable in a number of ways. It has dared to challenge the entrenched healthcare paradigm and move beyond the traditional, clichéd discourse on healthcare reform that has hitherto characterised our plan and...
More »Government procured just 3% of pulses, seeds targeted under PM-AASHA scheme
-The Hindu Under the Pradhan Mantri Annadata AAY Sanrakshan Abhiyan scheme, only 1.08 lakh tonnes have been procured so far. Less than 3% of this season’s sanctioned amount of pulses and oilseeds have actually been procured so far under the once-hyped PM-AASHA scheme, Agriculture Ministry data show. Arrivals of these crops began in October and will end by February. A total of 37.59 lakh metric tonnes of procurement had been sanctioned under the...
More »GDP slump will hit $5-trillion economy target, warns NITI AAYog -TCA Sharad Raghavan & Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu The Hindu has accessed a presentation made by NITI AAYog CEO Amitabh Kant to the Standing Committee on Finance; 12.4% growth needed to achieve the figure, Mr. Kant said. The road to a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is beset with many speed breakers, the NITI AAYog has warned the government. To begin with, the think tank has said the nominal GDP growth — a measure of growth without accounting for...
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