NITI Aayog

April 15, 2025 10:11 PM

India targets 10% global market share in power tools, 25% in hand tools

India is aiming to significantly expand its footprint in the global hand and power tools market, with a target of achieving $25 billion in exports over the next decade. According to a new report released by NITI Aayog on Tuesday, the country could potentially capture 10 percent of the global market in power tools and 25 percent in hand tools, generating approximately 35 lakh jobs in the process. The report, titled "Unlocking $25+ Billion Export Potential – India’s Hand & Power Tools Sec...

April 3, 2025 3:02 PM

Rajnath Singh addresses Army Commanders’ conference, flags off mountaineering expeditions

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the senior leadership of the Indian Army during the ongoing Army Commanders’ Conference, a biannual event being held in New Delhi from April 1 to 4. The conference serves as a crucial platform for deliberating on security scenarios, border situations, organisational restructuring, logistics, modernisation, and the integration of niche technologies into defence strategies. During his address, the Defence Minister reaffirmed the faith of India’s billio...

April 2, 2025 10:38 AM

FM Sitharaman launches ‘NITI NCAER states Economic Forum’ portal to strengthen fiscal data access

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled the “NITI NCAER States Economic Forum” portal in New Delhi. Developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), the portal serves as a comprehensive repository of State finances, providing data on social, economic, and fiscal parameters from 1990-91 to 2022-23, according to NITI Aayog. Speaking at the launch event, Sitharaman highlighted the portal’s role in ensuring authentic and ...

March 26, 2025 4:39 PM

Challenges faced by MSMEs must be addressed in clusters, not in isolation: NITI Aayog CEO

BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO of NITI Aayog, on Wednesday said that MSMEs cannot exist in isolation and their challenges must be tackled in clusters and groups. Speaking at an event organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi, Subrahmanyam said that today’s MSMEs are going to be the large enterprises of tomorrow. He said that the government “must handhold them and transform them from micro to small, small to medium, and medium to large enterprises.” The NITI Aayog CEO u...

March 24, 2025 1:20 PM

NITI Aayog organizes workshop on building synergies to drive innovation ecosystem forward

In a major step toward strengthening India’s innovation landscape, NITI Aayog organized a National Workshop on "Building Synergies in Indian Innovation Ecosystem" at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, according to an official statement by NITI Aayog on Saturday. The event was hosted by the Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of Gujarat, and aimed to foster dialogue and collaboration among key stakeholders in the ...

March 3, 2025 4:13 PM

Women in India driving financial growth, increasing credit awareness: NITI Aayog report

Women in India are increasingly taking charge of their financial futures by actively seeking credit and monitoring their credit scores, according to a report launched by NITI Aayog on Monday. Titled "From Borrowers to Builders: Women's Role in India's Financial Growth Story", the report was unveiled by NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam. It highlights a significant rise in financial awareness among women, with 27 million actively monitoring their credit as of December 2024—a sharp 42 percent inc...

January 13, 2025 3:23 PM

Global experts to converge on Delhi for R&D conference

The National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), a key constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is organizing a two-day international conference on "Aligning Science-Technology-Innovation Indicators for Effective R&D Governance". The event will take place from January 14th to 15th, and will commemorate NIScPR’s 4th Foundation Day. NIScPR, known for its focus on science communication and evidence-based policy studies, ...

December 3, 2024 3:25 PM

Young innovators explore sustainable solutions at AIM, Swedish embassy’s SheSTEM 2024

Young innovators from across the country presented their solutions for energy storage and sustainability at SheSTEM 2024, an annual event organized by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and the Office of Science and Innovation at the Embassy of Sweden, NITI Aayog said on Tuesday. The event aims to inspire the next generation and encourage young minds to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To foster sustainability by advancing energy solutions, this year’s c...

November 23, 2024 6:02 PM

MahaYuti’s landslide win a major boost to make Maharashtra a $1 trillion economy

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led MahaYuti on its way to a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, the state’s ambition to reach the target of a $1 trillion economy got a major fillip, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In August this year, Maharashtra became the country’s first state to surpass the half-a-trillion-dollar economy mark, underscoring the state’s rapid economic progress and its ambitious journey towards a $1 trillion economy. A NITI Aayog re...

September 16, 2024 5:17 PM

PM Modi to chair governing council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, the government think tank announced on Friday. The meeting, centered on the theme "Viksit Bharat@2047," will focus on India's path to becoming a developed nation by 2047. A key agenda item is the discussion of the Approach Paper for the Vision Document on Viksit Bharat @2047. The meeting aims to foster participative governance and collaboration bet...