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TS fares well in Multidimensional Poverty Index, ranks 8th among low multidimensionally poor masses

Telangana has seen steep decline in poverty: 5.88% in 2019-21 from 13.18% in 2015-16. Rural areas register 12% improvement in living standards, urban 2.2%. NITI Aayog report indicates. Telangana ranks 8th in India, 3rd in South with 5.88% multidimensionally poor people.

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Morning Digest | Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy passes away; Name for Opposition alliance, a common secretariat likely today, and more

Morning Digest, July 18, 2023 | SC may refer Delhi Ordinance case to Const. Bench; ED takes in DMK Min. Ponmudy for questioning; Niti Aayog report claims decrease in multidimensional poverty; UAE Envoy clarifies rupee-dirham deal, and more

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Tamil Nadu tops NITI Aayog export preparedness index 2022, Gujarat skids to 4th slot

TN tops Export Preparedness Index 2022; Kanchipuram, Chennai, Tiruppur are top exporting districts. TN scores 97.21 in policy pillar, 88.84 in business ecosystem, 73.68 in export ecosystem & 63.34 in export performance. Karnataka & TN have highest number of GI products exported.

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Niti Aayog report claims decrease in multidimensional poverty

India has seen a 9.89% decrease in multidimensionally poor people from 2015-16 to 2019-2021, with 13.5 crore people escaping poverty. Rural areas saw the fastest decline, while urban areas saw a decrease from 8.65% to 5.27%. Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline with 3.43 crore people escaping poverty. The report…

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13.5 crore Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in five years: Niti Aayog report

India witnessed 13.5cr people move out of multidimensional poverty (MPI) between 2015-21, with fastest reduction in UP, Bihar, MP, Odisha & Rajasthan. Niti Aayog report shows 9.89% pt decline in MPI from 24.85% to 14.96%. Rural areas saw fastest decline from 32.59% to 19.28%, urban from 8.65% to 5.27%. Improvements…

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Layoffs, pay cuts: Inside CPR’s ‘financial crisis’ after FCRA funds, tax exemption axed

The Centre for Policy Research has downsized its staff by 75 percent. Its faculty members — including fellows and senior fellows — have taken “massive pay cuts” ranging from 50 percent to full. The think tank had come under the income tax department’s tax scanner and faces a “serious financial…

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Don’t waste the wastewater

Wastewater surveillance for known or new health threats offers many benefits for enhancing public health efforts

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Makerspaces enables kids in low resource settings break away from rote learning

Makersbox Foundation is a free to walk-in two-room Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) lab space in Jaitpur. It does not charge any fee for children to work at the space.

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Andhra Pradesh: Atal Community Innovation Centres will be a boon for differently-abled persons, says NITI Aayog programme coordinator Suhail Shaik

NITI Aayog programme coordinator of Atal Community Innovation Centres Suhail Shaik on Saturday said that ACICs would be a boon for differently-abled persons

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Boycotting Parliament building inauguration by opposition parties is a bad precedence: BJP leader

The opposition parties have set a bad precedence by boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28 (Sunday), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Andhra Pradesh unit vice-president P. Surendra Reddy has said. Addressing the media after inaugurating the party’s Ongole Lok Sabha unit…

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Introspect why 10 CMs skipped NITI Aayog meet: BRS to BJP

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PM Modi chairs Niti Aayog’s 8th Governing Council meet

The theme for this meeting conducted at the new Convention Centre in Pragati Maidan, Delhi, is ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Role of Team India’.

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Food Ministry counters Congress, says fortified rice safe

The Ministry said rice fortification has been adopted by seven countries, including the U.S., since 1958.

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Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy leaves for Delhi, meets Nirmala Sitharaman

Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy will be attending the NITI Aayog general council meeting on May 27 and participate in the inauguration of new Parliament building on May 28; he is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit

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FGG urges CM to attend NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday

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No Bengal representative at Niti Aayog meeting on May 27

West Bengal will not have any representative at the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday as the TMC government’s request to send the state Finance Minister and the Chief Secretary was “turned down” by the Centre

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Punjab government likely to boycott NITI Aayog's meeting tomorrow

Amid the ongoing tension between the centre and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is likely to boycott the eighth governing council meeting of NITI Aayog. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Congress questions Modi govt. for rolling out fortified rice under National Food Security Act despite caution by experts

The Narendra Modi government rolled out fortified rice under the public distribution system (PDS) without ascertaining the ill effects of such rice on the health of 80 crore beneficiaries, the Congress alleged on Thursday.

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Bring major reforms introduced in State to notice of NITI Aayog, Andhra Pradesh CM tells officials

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the officials to explain the slew of reforms brought in various sectors in the State at the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting, scheduled to be held in New Delhi on May 27. He also wanted the officials to seek the…

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Withdrawal of ₹2,000 notes will have no perceptible effect on economy: Panagariya

The RBI’s decision to withdraw ₹2,000 currency notes from circulation will not have any ‘perceptible effect’ on the economy as any such notes returned will be replaced by either equivalent cash in lower denomination notes or a deposit, former NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said.

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Tracking SDG progress the Bhopal way

Bhopal’s Voluntary Local Review, which is the result of a collaboration between the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, UN-Habitat, and a collective of local stakeholders, is pathbreaking

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Lack of initiatives, promotion of wheat, rice reduced millets crop cultivation area: Niti Aayog report

The government think tank NITI Aayog released a report on April 26 titled Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices across States, UTs of India.

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J&K: Baramulla, once a hotbed of terrorism, now topmost 'Aspirational District'

Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla, which was a witness to terrorism before the abrogation of Article 370. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi To Meet Economists At NITI Aayog Today Ahead Of Union Budget

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a meeting with economists at NITI Aayog on Friday in the light of upcoming Union Budget. Read on for details:

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Online gaming to now be regulated by IT ministry, states not divested of their power

The ministry of electronics and information technology is now formally in charge of making rules related to online gaming while the ministry of youth affairs and sports is in charge of e-sports.

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