The crucial role NITI Aayog played in four years of Modi sarkar
The NITI Aayog has played a crucial role in the four year that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in power. Make in India, Digital India have been the highlights of the Modi government which completed four years in office.
To deliver Government services to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity, the Digital India initiative was launched. Digital India consists of three core components- Creation of digital infrastructure; Delivery of services digitally; Digital literacy.
Here are the initiatives by NITI Aayog in the past four years:
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) including Self-Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) is Government of India's endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its objective is to serve as a platform for promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology driven areas.
Lucky Grahak Yojana: To Promote & Reward Digital Payments through cash prizes for consumers.
Digi-dhan Vyapar Yojana: To Promote & Reward Digital Payments through cash prizes for merchants.
BHIM APP: An indigenous digital payments app BHIM for fast and secure cashless transactions using mobiles. BHIM is a payment platform designed to make UPI and USSD payment modes simpler and usable across feature phones and Smart phones. BHIM App downloads reach 1.25 Crore on 19.1.2017( from Budget)
Make In India: A Government initiative launched by PM Narendra Modi to encourage multi-national, as well as national companies to manufacture their products in India. It aims at promoting exploration, private sector participation and growth through investments.
Achievements:
The positive business environment has helped to continue the growth of the FDI. The FDI equity inflows in the first two quarters of Financial Year (FY) 2016-17 were 30% higher than those ecorded last year.
Mining: FDI equity Inflows: FDI equity inflows in the sector increased by 1606% to USD 1.2 billion during Apr 2014 - Mar 2016 compared to USD 70.62 million during Apr 2012 - Mar 2014.
Apparel: Between March 2014 and March 2016 the FDI equity inflows in the Textiles sector added up to USD 427.55 million. FDI equity inflow, grew by 16% in FY 2015-16 over FY 2013-14.
New
and
Renewable
Energy:
To
meet
the
rising
demand
and
manage
the
gaps
in
capacity
of
trained
manpower,
the
Government
in
May
2015
set
a
target
of
achieving
50,000
"Surya
Mitras"
of
skilled
manpower
in
solar
energy
sector
by
2019-20.
5,492
Surya
Mitras
have
been
trained
under
the
program
as
on
September
30,
2016
with
over
150
institutes
across
the
country
implementing
the
Surya
Mitra
program
and
creating
job
opportunities
for
unemployed
youth.
Currently,
3000
are
undergoing
training.
Total
FDI
equity
inflow
in
the
non-conventional
energy
sector
during
April
2014
to
September
2016
was
USD
1.77
billion.
Digital India: To deliver Government services to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity. Digital India consists of three core components- Creation of digital infrastructure; Delivery of services digitally; Digital literacy.
For
the
BharatNet
Project,
the
allocation
has
been
stepped
up
to
Rs.10,000
crores
in
2017-18.
1,55,000
kms
of
Optical
Fiber
Cables
have
been
laid
down
to
connect
gram
panchayats.
Over
82%
Indians
can
access
telecommunication
Services
in
the
country.
By
the
end
of
2017-18,
high
speed
broadband
connectivity
on
optical
fiber
will
be
available
in
more
than
1,
50,000
gram
panchayats,
with
wifi
hot
spots
and
access
to
digital
services
at
low
tariffs.
Significant Achievements of NITI Aayog"
Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital
Furthering the agenda for cooperative federalism, NITI Aayog launched SATH, a program providing 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital' to work with the State Governments. The aim is to initiate transformation in education and health by handholding states to improve their social sector indicators. The program will also address States' need for technical support.
In the first phase, the SATH initiative will be implemented in six States. NITI has selected Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka to improve healthcare delivery and key health indicators. In education, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand have been selected to better learning outcomes. The six States have been chosen after a rigorous competitive process based on comprehensive metrics to determine potential for impact and likelihood of success.
These six states are being built as 'role models' for health and education systems in India. NITI is working in close collaboration with the state machinery to design a robust roadmap of intervention, develop a program governance structure, set up monitoring and tracking mechanisms and provide support on a range of institutional measures. The program will be implemented by NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who have been selected through a competitive bidding process. All stakeholders involved in the programme will be under pressure to initiate reforms or processes which will show improvement in education and learning outcomes from the day of signing of the MOU with NITI.