L&T appoints Amitabh Kant as independent directorLarsen & Toubro has appointed Amitabh Kant as a non-executive, independent director. This appointment is for a term of five years. Kant pre...
29 Oct, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
Challenge for India is to sustain 8-9 pc growth for three decades: Niti Aayog CEO"We bounced back post-COVID-19, and have done extremely well on vaccination, next year as well we will grow. "The challenge (for India) is ...
17 May, 2022, 04.37 PM IST
The Healthy States, Progressive India: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant lauds UP for highest incremental progress in health indexThe report was released jointly by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant, Additional Secretary Dr Rakesh Sarwal, and Wo...
27 Dec, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets another extension, till June 2022The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in tenure of Kant for a further period of one year beyond June 30, 202...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
India well-positioned to become global leader in AI: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant"India today is well positioned to become a global leader in Artificial Intelligence... We need to adopt AI and accelerate it across all se...
05 Apr, 2021, 11.37 PM IST
The pace of economic recovery is increasing, says Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh KantThe Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which was in contraction for six months, turned positive in September. Manufacturing PMI in Octob...
16 Nov, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Primary healthcare focus area of government: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh KantThe Niti Aayog CEO also noted that the COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to identify sectors which will become the next drive...
24 Sep, 2020, 09.26 PM IST
Niti Innovation Index: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra ranked top three states in innovationThe index, released by Aayog's vice chairman Rajiv Kumar and CEO Amitabh Kant, has been developed into the lines of Global Innovation Index.
17 Oct, 2019, 11.28 PM IST
Amitabh Kant gets two year extension as NITI Aayog CEOThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved an extension of Kant's tenure till June 30, 2019, the order issued by the personnel ...
27 Jun, 2019, 06.51 AM IST
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets extension till June 30, 2019He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the government think tank on February 17, 2016 for a two-year term.
05 Feb, 2018, 08.36 PM IST
Uplift poor to accelerate economic growth: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant"We are growing at over 7 per cent. We need to accelerate growth...The real challenge is that you cannot accelerate growth rate if vast num...
20 Jun, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
India inching towards cost-effective digital economy: Amitabh KantKant said India is essentially cash economy at present as 80 per cent of transactions are in cash.The NITI Aayog CEO also urged merchants t...
23 May, 2017, 04.49 PM IST
Aadhaar Act has strong privacy provisions, says Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh KantHis statement comes in the wake of sharing of personal details of ace cricket M S Dhoni on social media by an agency that helps the Unique ...
20 Apr, 2017, 06.54 PM IST
Meeting between PM Modi and economists was constructive: Amitabh KantIn an exclusive chat with ET Now, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that job creation was one of the many issues during the meeting.
28 Dec, 2016, 09.52 AM IST
Innovation always comes before regulations: Niti Aayog's Amitabh KantWhile indicating that the government is not averse to Uber expanding in India and is willing to amend regulations to provide ease of doing ...
17 Dec, 2016, 02.04 PM IST
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to chair meet on digital cashless paymentPrincipal secretaries, secretaries of different depts and senior bank officials would attend the meeting at 10 AM here, an official release...
12 Dec, 2016, 06.18 PM IST
Dismantle 'unnecessary rules' to clock double digit growth: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh KantNiti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant also said that India needs to focus more on systemic reforms in sectors such as education and health.
02 Apr, 2016, 05.49 PM IST