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Noted labour economist T.S. Papola passes away
Noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed away in New Delhi. He was 74. He had served as an advisor with the erstwhile Planning Commission of Union Government for eight years from 1987 to 1995. About Dr. T.S. Papola Papola ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Eminent Economist Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passes away
Eminent economist, policy advisor and noted academic Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passed away in Pune, Maharashtra 19 May 2015. He had served as Director of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and was a visiting professor of economics at the Universities of ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Eminent political scientist Rajni Kothari passes away
Eminent political scientist, scholar and former Planning Commission member Rajni Kothari passed away in New Delhi. He was 86. About Rajni Kothari He was born on 16th August, 1928. He was a well-known political thinker, political theorist, academician and writer. He ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Niti Aayog: less government, more governance?
Government of India has finally gone ahead with its approach of less government, more governance. The new body is slated to give strategic and technical advice. It will be headed by the PM assisted by a Governing Council of Chief ..
Arvind Panagariya takes charge as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Eminent Economist Arvind Panagariya has taken charge as first Vice-Chairman of the newly-created National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog on 13 January 2015. After taking charges, he was briefed about newly created NITI Aayog by its CEO Sindhushree Khuallar and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Sindhushree Khullar appointed as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog
Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has appointed senior bureaucrat Sindhushree Khullar as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog. She will serve in the post for one year starting from 1st January. She is 1975-batch officer of the Indian ..