Lok Sabha passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018
Livemint, December 31, 2018
Livemint, December 31, 2018
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 that aims to run the scam-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI) through a panel of eminent professionals
NITI Aayog targets $4 trillion economy by 2022-23
Livemint, December 20, 2018
Livemint, December 20, 2018
The idea is to take steps that will keep India’s $2.7 trillion economy steadily expanding by about 8%, which could quicken to 9-10% by 2022-23, making India a $4 trillion economy
Government orders cadre review, restructuring of I-T department; committee formed
The Economic Times, December 18, 2018
The Economic Times, December 18, 2018
A fresh cadre review and restructuring of the Income Tax Department has been ordered by the government with an aim to create a “caring but strict” direct taxes regime in the country.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- NITI Aayog calls for creating conditions to Import Indian-Origin doctors
NDTV, December 23, 2018 - Centre and states should work with cohesion
Hindustan Times, December 16, 2018 - NitiAayog to reach out to cabinet secretary to move methanol blending plan
The Economic Times, December 14, 2018 - NitiAayog strategy document: A roadmap that reads familiar
The Telegraph, December 12, 2018 - Towards cooperative federalism
Business Standard, December 09, 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- The evolving role of a secretary
The Indian Express, December 28, 2018 - His master’s bureaucracy
The Indian Express, December 25, 2018 - NitiAayog for all-India test to select judges for lower courts
Daily Pioneer, December 21, 2018 - No bureaucrats as CICs, please!
The Hans India, December 18, 2018
RURAL ECONOMY
- Barking up the wrong tree in solving farmers’ distress
Business Today, December 28, 2018 - How a weak rural economy ends up in lower inflation
The Economic Times, December 27, 2018 - The New Bharat
India Today, December 25, 2018 - Debt isn’t killing India’s farmers
Livemint, December 24, 2018 - Measures needed to re-energise economy
The Hindu Businessline, December 24, 2018
JOBS & SKILLS
- Why we will need up-skilling courses in 2019 to get successful careers
India Today, December 31, 2018 - The Promise and the Reality of the National Skills Qualification Framework
The Wire, December 27, 2018 - How preparing your children today for 21st-century skills will help them for future jobs that don’t exist yet
India Today, December 21, 2018 - NSDC sets up 55 skill training centres for PwD candidates
The Times of India, December 11, 2018
EDUCATION REFORMS
- Centre plans a board for Vedic schools
The Telegraph, December 23, 2018 - Niti bats for education reforms, doubling govt spending to 6 pc
The Times of India, December 19, 2018 - India needs education system to provide skills of future
Business Standard, December 12, 2018 - MCI revises undergraduate medical course curriculum for first time in 21 years
The Indian Express, December 11, 2018 - A higher exclusion
The Indian Express, December 08, 2018
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Dampened sentiments need a cheer-up tablet
Hindustan Times, December 31, 2018 - Headwinds and tailspins
National Herald, December 29, 2018 - Why Modinomics will not usher in acche din in the short term
The Times of India, December 25, 2018 - An economic strategy for India; here is what government must look into
The Financial Express, December 24, 2018
