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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Automotive
- The Hindu
Mercedes-Benz presents two multipurpose vehicles to Parvatipuram-Manyam district in Andhra Pradesh
Parvatipuram-Manyam district received two multi-purpose vehicles, specially designed by Mercedes Benz, thanks to the initiative of Niti Aayog, which accepted the proposal submitted by the District Collector A. Shyam Prasad. Speaking to The Hindu, the Collector said the vehicles would enable the District Administration to meet the various needs of tribal people living in remote areas of Palakonda, Kurupam, Gummalakshmipuram, Makkuva, Saluru, and other mandals. He said the multipurpose vehicles will be used as mobile Giri Bazaars and to promote government welfare schemes meant for tribals. He thanked both Niti Aayog and Mercedes-Benz for sanctioning two vehicles under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. According to him, the vehicles will have audio-video facilities to highlight the welfare schemes of both the Union and State Governments. The officials and staff can also travel in the vehicles to create awareness among the tribals about the schemes and their benefits. On normal days, they function like Giri Bazaars and enable tribals to buy rice, pulses and other essential commodities at affordable rates. The district administration observed that many middlemen and traders are fleecing the gullible people with imitative and inferior products, which are also sold at exorbitant rates. Currently, the district administration is using a few vehicles for the Giri Bazaars. The two vehicles provided by Mercedes-Benz would enable the officials to send essential commodities to faraway places as the vehicles can move easily on ghat roads.
Economic Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Unified portal for R&D monitoring, funding in works
The Centre is set to revamp the funding and monitoring framework for R&D projects funded across all government departments to develop a national R&D database and target national research goals more effectively, ET has learnt. High-level inter-ministerial discussions, steered by Niti Aayog, have already been held with secretaries to more than a dozen ministries/departments to develop the 'Unified Architecture for Project Lifecycle Management'. This will essentially operate like a national dashboard for reporting, monitoring as well as outcome analysis of government-funded R&D projects, across all scientific and academic departments and laboratories under various ministries, a key missing piece in the current R&D ecosystem. The unified platform aims to improve the researcher's interface in keeping with the national goal of bringing 'Ease of Doing Research'. A Europass CV- like template, to enable researchers to apply for R&D funding in a simple online format, is envisaged as part of the plan. A key trigger for the move is the Centre's difficulty in identifying the right researcher and institute when considering funding of critical R&D projects. The current scenario offers no clear database to make an informed decision on instituting a particular R&D INDIA'S R&D DATAIt is gathered that a unified dashboard is currently under development and undergoing testing to enable all departments to use it seamlessly. A technical committee has also been set up to fast track the onboarding of the system, ET has ministries/agencies will input the R&D project related data to the unified platform which will have four pillars -- project proposal submission, approval and funding tracking, project execution monitoring and outcome and impact four will encompass all key R&D aspects -- from facilitating project proposal submission by the researcher across any department and agency through the unified dashboard to allowing both a departmental as well as a national insight into the overall sum of R&D impact and is expected that better coordination between different arms of the government on R&D will follow leading to efficient data management, resource optimisation and decision 'unified architecture' will also reflect government-funded R&D projects across private/ NGO sectors to enable data capture of ongoing research areas and expertise across segments. ISOLATED R&D ECOSYSTEM After several meetings with funding organisations and ministries, coordinated by the Niti Aayog, huge fragmentation, rigidity and absence of reporting/monitoring mechanisms, were identified as key problems ailing the country's R&D several ministries do have their own portals to map R&D flow, most of these are quite old and work in isolation which leaves little scope for data integration or aggregation to even generate an institution wise /state wise or agency wise report on the status of R&D is difficult to often even trace the details of researchers involved, publication and so on leaving several gaps in the database.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Unified portal for R&D monitoring, funding in works
The Centre is set to revamp the funding and monitoring framework for R&D projects funded across all government departments to develop a national R&D database and target national research goals more effectively, ET has learnt. High-level inter-ministerial discussions, steered by Niti Aayog, have already been held with secretaries to more than a dozen ministries/departments to develop the 'Unified Architecture for Project Lifecycle Management '. This will essentially operate like a national dashboard for reporting, monitoring as well as outcome analysis of government-funded R&D projects, across all scientific and academic departments and laboratories under various ministries, a key missing piece in the current R&D ecosystem. The unified platform aims to improve the researcher's interface in keeping with the national goal of bringing ' Ease of Doing Research '. A Europass CV- like template, to enable researchers to apply for R&D funding in a simple online format, is envisaged as part of the plan. A key trigger for the move is the Centre's difficulty in identifying the right researcher and institute when considering funding of critical R&D projects. The current scenario offers no clear database to make an informed decision on instituting a particular R&D project. UNIFYING INDIA'S R&D DATA It is gathered that a unified dashboard is currently under development and undergoing testing to enable all departments to use it seamlessly. A technical committee has also been set up to fast track the onboarding of the system, ET has learnt. All ministries/agencies will input the R&D project related data to the unified platform which will have four pillars -- project proposal submission, approval and funding tracking, project execution monitoring and outcome and impact assessment. These four will encompass all key R&D aspects -- from facilitating project proposal submission by the researcher across any department and agency through the unified dashboard to allowing both a departmental as well as a national insight into the overall sum of R&D impact and implications. It is expected that better coordination between different arms of the government on R&D will follow leading to efficient data management, resource optimisation and decision making. The 'unified architecture' will also reflect government-funded R&D projects across private/ NGO sectors to enable data capture of ongoing research areas and expertise across segments. ISOLATED R&D ECOSYSTEM After several meetings with funding organisations and ministries, coordinated by the Niti Aayog, huge fragmentation, rigidity and absence of reporting/monitoring mechanisms, were identified as key problems ailing the country's R&D ecosystem. While several ministries do have their own portals to map R&D flow, most of these are quite old and work in isolation which leaves little scope for data integration or aggregation to even generate an institution wise /state wise or agency wise report on the status of R&D funding. It is difficult to often even trace the details of researchers involved, publication and so on leaving several gaps in the database.
News18
3 days ago
- Business
- News18
Policy has critical role in climate-resilient growth, says NITI member
Last Updated: New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand on Thursday underlined the critical role of policy in enabling innovation-led climate-resilient growth. Addressing an event organised by industry body CII, he outlined five priority areas for policy action. The priority areas for policy action include–correcting distortions in input and output pricing,promoting crop cultivation in agro-climatically suitable regions,enhancing input-use efficiency, increasing crop yields, and mainstreaming sustainable agricultural practices to reduce the sector's carbon footprint. Also, speaking at the event, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said India will not transform on government policy alone. 'The baton must be taken over by private enterprise," Kant added. He said the government has created the platforms—PLI, DPI, Startup India, focus on infrastructure, digital infrastructure & a regime of low Corporate tax. Industry must now run with cutting -edge innovation, R&D and with bold investments, global ambition, and a commitment to transforming India into a USD 30 + trillion economy,Kant added. According to Kant, this decade must be the moment when India's businesses built a new India – for the world. PTI BKS MR
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Funds to Ladki Bahin scheme through tribal department, Fadnavis says no wrongdoing
The Maharashtra government has once again allocated Rs 335.7 crore to the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Scheme through the Tribal Development Department, marking the third such transfer. This allocation, approved in May 2025, brings the total funds diverted from the department to Rs 1,007.1 Minister Devendra Fadnavis, however, said that no funds have been diverted from other departments for the scheme, emphasising that money was disbursed through Tribal Affairs and Social Justice Departments as per budgetary charges (by opposition that funds were diverted from other departments for Ladki Bahin Yojana) are wrong. Only those who don't understand the budget can make such a charge. Rules say funds should be reserved for SCs/STs. Maximum funds should be reserved for personal benefit schemes and some for infrastructure development," Fadnavis was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. The Chief Minister's remarks came amid a controversy over the funds transfer, as the Niti Aayog had issued a clear directive prohibiting the use of funds earmarked for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) for other Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat and the Tribal Development Department also opposed the move, citing strict guidelines issued by Niti Aayog. The Opposition argued that such actions could undermine welfare programs for Dalit and tribal according to Fadnavis, the budget of Tribal Affairs and Social Justice departments has been hiked nearly 1.45 times in 2025-26. "This (Ladki Bahin funds disbursed through other departments) is a type of accounting. No money has been diverted. There is no wrongdoing in this," the Chief Minister to him, money given into the scheme has to be shown under the Tribal Affairs Department and the Social Justice this month, Sanjay Shirasat accused the Ajit Pawar-led Finance Department of high-handedness in what he termed the illegal diversion of funds from his department without his Tribal Development Department had previously transferred Rs 335.7 crore twice for the same Aayog's guidelines, communicated through a letter to all state Chief Ministers, the Union Social Justice Department, and the Tribal Affairs Department, stated that funds allocated for Dalit and tribal welfare must not be diverted to other Ladki Bahin Scheme provides Rs 1,500 per month to eligible women. It is a flagship initiative of the state government and incurs an estimated monthly expenditure of 3,570 the financial year 2024-25, the state budget has allocated 36,000 crore for the scheme. So far, approximately 2.34 crore women have benefited from this PTI inputsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Maharashtra#Devendra Fadnavis
