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Rajiv Kumar steps down as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman; Suman Bery replaces him

Suman Bery is non-resident fellow at Bruegel, a European think tank specializing in economics.

Rajiv Kumar steps down as Niti Aayog vice chairman: Reports

He is likely to be replaced by economist Suman Bery.

Atmanirbhar Bharat not a closed economy, it's global: NITI Aayog V-C

Self-reliance is not the same thing as self-sufficiency, NITI Aayog V-C said

Govt committed to improving ease of doing biz: Niti Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

So far, 1,200 regulations have been removed and others are being looked into, he added

Niti VC Rajiv Kumar meets think tanks, takes suggestions on economy

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday interacted with over 70 think tanks on issues concerning the state of the economy, trade narratives, and competitiveness fundamentals

Economy expected to grow by 10% or more in current fiscal: Niti VC

The country's economy grew by a record 20.1 per cent in the April-June quarter, helped by a very weak base of last year and a sharp rebound in the manufacturing and services

Indian economy to see 10.5% or higher growth this fiscal: Niti Aayog VC

Indian economy is expected to grow 10.5% or more in the current fiscal, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday

Niti Aayog VC calls for mitigation strategies to deal with climate change

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said the very real threat of climate change necessitates the development of mitigation strategies

Fiscal deficit worries could be on backburner: Niti Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

'If you have to spend money because you have to save both lives and livelihoods then that's what you have to do,' he says.

Indian consumer shifting to digital financial services: Rajiv Kumar

India is seeing an increasing digitization of financial services, with consumers shifting from cash to cards, wallets, apps, and UPI, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Monday

Private sector has to be key driver of growth: Niti Aayog official

Vice-chairman of Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar on Thursday said that the private sector of the country will have to drive growth and not the public enterprises as they used to be.

Niti Aayog's next list of cos for disinvestment in few weeks: Rajiv Kumar

Kumar expressed hope that the proposed asset reconstruction and management companies to address banks' bad loan woes will do a good job like the UTI

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Indian economy will expand in fourth qtr of current fiscal: Niti Aayog VC

India's economy recovered faster than expected in the third quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent.

Speed of economic recovery a 'pleasant surprise': Niti Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Friday termed the speed of India's economic recovery as a "pleasant surprise" and said manufacturing shows a positive growth that confirms a rebound. India's economy recovered faster than expected in the September quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent and held out hopes for further improvement on better consumer demand. "Speed of #economic recovery springs a pleasant surprise. #Manufacturing shows a positive growth which is the confirmation of a rebound of demand led recovery," Kumar said in a tweet. The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal (April 2020 to March 2021) as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled economic activity. With the gradual opening up from June, the economy has picked up, according to official data released on Friday. Manufacturing clocked a surprise 0.6 per cent growth in July-September after it ha

Centre keen on allowing more space to private entrepreneurs: NITI Aayog VC

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar also stressed on boosting domestic entrepreneurship and self-reliance

India to see positive economic growth in 2nd half of 2020-21: Niti Aayog VC

He admitted that the Indian economy would see a contraction in July-September, but opined that the decline must be slow

NITI working on index to foster competition in power distribution: Kumar

Niti Aayog has been working on a State Energy Index that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' power distribution space, the think tank's Vice-Chairman, Rajiv Kumar, said on Saturday. The tool will be designed to assess and further improve the performance of states to efficiently manage their energy resources. "Niti Aayog has been working on a #StateEnergyIndex that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' energy #DISCOM space. The index would not only allow for better formulation & implementation of strategies for continuous improvement & management of resources," Kumar said in a tweet. "But also enable a comprehensive assessment of a specific #DISCOM aided by the use of indicators like: viability, access, affordability & reliability of #energy, and even their efforts at #cleanenergy initiatives, energy efficiency and #technology innovation," he added.

Rajiv Kumar's record is of getting things done

He worked under Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal as well as Nirmala Sitharaman in the finance ministry, where he took charge as finance secretary in July 2019

Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed Election Commissioner

Rajiv Kumar is a retired IAS officer of 1984 batch of Jharkhand cadre