MyGov Budget Talks with NITI Aayog – Setting pace for India’s growth and development
NITI Aayog, Government’s premier think tank hosted live talks on MyGov with Dr. Arvind Pangariya (Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog) and Dr. Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog) to answer citizen’s queries regarding the Union Budget on 2nd and 3rd March 2016.
• When asked if levying cess will dent consumption, Dr Panagariya said that it depends on the person paying and receiving the cess. When the cess is actually spent, it raises the demand from another stakeholder.
MyGov user Amogh Mundewadi asks a question to @NITIAayog VC on the various cesses introduced in #Budget2016 https://t.co/am1Ix6gk8d
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 2, 2016
• Direct benefit transfer for fertilizers is a pilot project. It aims at understanding the requirement of the farmer and thereby provides the necessary fertilizers at subsidized rates. Initially the farmer would pay the market price to procure the item, and then the difference between the market and subsidized rate would be transferred to the farmers bank account
• The state governments will play an instrumental role in the selection of Rurban clusters. At their level, the state governments are expected to drive citizen participation in this process. Overall, the central government appreciates and welcomes citizen engagement for all government activities.
@APanagariya talks on a question raised by Zunzar Patil on the criteria for Rurban clusters https://t.co/am1Ix6gk8d
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 2, 2016
• NITI Aayog is an institution for transforming India and the key to this is through focus on social sectors such as health, education, and other initiatives by the PM. NITI Aayog will work with various departments to ensure a better level of implementation. The organization also needs to work closely with the state governments.
CEO @amitabhk87 discusses the role of @NITIAayog in implementing the proposals of #Budget2016. Ask questions here https://t.co/zyxCe5h2hL
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 3, 2016
• The Cabinet has approved the Atal Innovation Mission that will challenge Indians pursue various innovations. It will further challenge the incubators and rank them based on their credentials. NITI Aayog will fund the best incubators from this group.
Somnath Mitra shares his view on ranking incubators under AIM and SETU. Get your views on #Budget2016 heard https://t.co/zyxCe5h2hL
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 3, 2016
• The MSME ministry has approved the Zero Effect Zero Defect (ZED) scheme, prepared by Quality Council of India. A pilot of this scheme has been completed. ZED aims at improving the quality of manufacturing in the MSME sector.
@NITIAayog CEO talks about the “Zero defect, Zero effect” scheme of the Govt https://t.co/I5fRavKliy
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 3, 2016
