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New India’s dream can be visualised with new ideas: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the dream of New India could only be visualised with new ideas and it would be a scientific and technological India. Delivering the inaugural address at the Ninth Indian Youth Science Congress, organized by Career Point University, Hamirpur at the NIT here, he said forums like these …

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April 7, 2018

NITI to launch women’s entrepreneurship platform

Government think-tank NITI Aayog will launch its Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) on Thursday, International Women’s Day. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform will provide a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem where women do not face any gender-based barriers. The platform aspires to substantially increase the number of women entrepreneurs who will create and empower a dynamic “New India.” The …

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March 8, 2018

Scientists urged to develop technology for ‘New India’

Union minister for science and technology, environment, forest and climate change and earth sciences Harsh Vardhan on Thursday called upon scientists across the country to come up with new technologies in consonance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘New India.’ “There should be synergy among scientific institutions to develop newer technologies to deliver …

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January 19, 2018

Economic growth to benefit food industry: Jaitley

Citing demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as landmark decisions to create a ‘New India’, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday claimed that the country had displayed its capacity and ability to take difficult decisions, adding that each of these would largely benefit the economy in the future. Addressing a gathering of business leaders at the …

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November 9, 2017

Governors to play key role in New India dream: Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the Governors of states have a crucial role to play in realising the dream of ‘New India by 2022. Inaugurating the 48th Conference of Governors at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, Kovind said critical milestones and national goals have been set in the context of the completion of 75 years …

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October 12, 2017

President Kovind to preside over two-day Governors’ conference

Ways to build a “new India” by 2022 will be discussed at a two-day meeting of governors beginning tomorrow that will be presided by President Ram Nath Kovind. This is the 48th such conference to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan and the first to be presided by President Kovind. Twenty-seven governors and three lieutenant governors …

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October 11, 2017

Congress questions Jayant Sinha’s claim of creation of New India

  The Congress today raised questions over Union minister Jayant Sinha’s claims that “structural reforms” by the Modi government would create a ‘New India’. Jayant, in an article in a leading English daily, today defended the government’s economic policies a day after his father and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha hit out at Finance Minister Arun …

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September 28, 2017

Engineers’ role in nation-building crucial: Naqvi

Stressing that technology is the tool for transformation, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said engineers play a crucial role in nation-building. Addressing a seminar organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers on the occasion of Engineers Day, Naqvi said Indian engineers and technocrats are among the best in the world. “Be …

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September 15, 2017

The greatest challenge

Amidst the glitz and glamour, fun and excitement of the 70th anniversary of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his high-decibel speech from the rampart of the Red Fort on 15 August, exhorted Team India to strive for the creation of a New India by 2022, when the country is due to celebrate the 75th …

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September 10, 2017

A young nation ready for change

Sanjeev Sanyal, noted economist and former managing director and global strategist at Deutsche Bank, is the principal economic adviser in the department of economic affairs of the Finance Ministry. Sanyal, who graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, spent two decades working in international financial markets before joining the government. He is a prolific writer …

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September 2, 2017

Modi asks senior officers to work towards creating a New India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with a group of over 80 Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries and asked them to work with clear objectives towards creating a New India by 2022. Highlighting the current positive “global environment in favour of India”, the Prime Minister asked officers to work with “clear objectives towards creating …

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August 31, 2017

Modi meets union ministers, top officials of UP, Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Union Ministers and top government officials from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and asked them to work in coordination with state governments for speedy and effective implementation of central projects in view of the pledge for “New India”. The meeting held at Prime Minister’s official residence at Lok Kalyan …

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August 30, 2017

Blueprint for a new India

PM Modi’s speech this Independence Day will be long remembered for the vision of a ‘New India’ in the 21st century. In his short and crisp address from the ramparts of Red Fort, the Prime Minister exhorted the 125-crore strong “Team India” to build a just, strong and prosperous country. And to make sure that this …

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August 18, 2017

Delhi school’s push for building new India

Emphasising on the need of building new India, students of Springdales School held a cultural event here that beautifully showcased India’s tryst with freedom. The  Dhaula Kuan branch of the school held the gala event on Monday in celebration of the 71st Independence Day. The students reminisced the relentless struggles of the freedom fighters, who laid the foundation of a great nation …

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August 17, 2017

Discovery of New India

Independence Day this year was celebrated as Sankalp Parva. The Prime Minister exhorted his 125 crore countrymen ~ no gender neutrality in the printed versions ~ to come together, strive in spirit and soul to achieve the pledge for building a New India by 2022. From August 15 to 30, BJP MPs are undertaking Sankalp …

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August 17, 2017

Avoid rigidity of mind: PM to young IAS officers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday advised young IAS officers to avoid a mindset which resists change and to fill India's administrative system with the energy of 'New India'. Addressing the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers of the 2015 batch at the inaugural session of Assistant Secretaries, Modi commented on India's progress which, he said, had lagged …

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July 3, 2017

PM Modi launches ‘Udan’, talks of ‘New India’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the ambitious ‘Udan’, a regional connectivity scheme (Udey Desh Ka Har Nagrik) from Shimla to make the air travel affordable to the common man in the country. Holding that his government is laying the foundation of ‘New India’, Modi termed the citizens in the middle class and the middle …

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April 27, 2017