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India is in the middle of a much-needed start-up revolution

India now has 38,756 officially-recognised start-ups –– with 27 unicorns, eight of which achieved this status in 2020 –– and is the third-largest tech start-up hub globally.

Entrepreneurs today are utilising the unprecedented advances from technology, operating on the demands of our demography, and inadvertently steering citizen welfare.(Bloomberg)

Updated on Nov 10, 2020 11:38 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant and Satwik Mishra

What will drive India’s next economic transformation, writes Amitabh Kant

Combined with world class infrastructure and a conducive business environment, India will attract both domestic and foreign investments in manufacturing.

With global supply chains being reforged in the light of the pandemic, India must position itself as a vital link in this new order(REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 09, 2020 06:58 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

NDHM will radically transform health care

The creation of a digital health identity card will help patients, without compromising on their privacy

The days of people standing in long queues at health facilities carrying multiple medical reports will become a thing of the past in this digital- and patient-friendly ecosystem, empowered by world-class technologies(AFP)

Updated on Aug 27, 2020 06:21 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

NEP can make India a knowledge superpower | Opinion

With its focus on access, equity, learning infrastructure, governance, the policy is just right for the country

Continuous tracking of learning, flexible board exams, conceptual assessments and Artificial Intelligence-enabled data systems will be critical to orienting the entire organisation around outcomes, providing a systems-health check, as well as steering the right reform and course corrections(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 02, 2020 06:38 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

For tourism, here is an Incredible India 2.0 plan

The pandemic has affected the sector. But it has the potential to become the biggest employment generator

Travel and tourism has employed more than 42 million people in India or accounted approximately for 8.1% of the total employment opportunities. Last year, it contributed 9.3% to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and received 5.9% of total investments(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jun 16, 2020 11:15 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

A blueprint to make local Indian brands truly global

Create economies of scale, focus on land and labour reforms, push infrastructure, and encourage innovation

Aatma Nirbhar Bharat is not anti-globalisation. It is about making India self-confident and self-reliant to take on global competition. It is about driving India’s socioeconomic transformation.(HTPhoto)

Updated on May 27, 2020 06:11 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Enable Make in India to become the new normal, writes Amitabh Kant

Indian entrepreneurs quickly recalibrated to produce vital supplies to combat Covid-19, showing their potential

A similar situation is being witnessed in PPEs, where for a total requirement of over 20 million PPEs, 35 domestic manufacturers have stepped up to fulfil the demand, supplying 13 million PPEs(AFP)

Published on May 04, 2020 06:19 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Covid-19: What India has done right and what next

With the graded lifting of curbs, while remaining vigilant about the virus, the aim is to secure lives and livelihoods

With over 2.3 million cases and over 150,000 deaths, this pandemic has put more than 100 countries and a third of the world’s population in lockdown. Economists warn that the damage to the economy is likely to be similar — or worse — to the Great Depression(Waseem Andrabi / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 20, 2020 06:37 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant and Sarah Iype

What urban India can do to offset risks of Covid-19 | Opinion

Ensure hygiene, use digital infra, restrict mobility, ration health care systems, and a maintain supply of essentials

A well-managed and planned urban system can reduce the risks of pandemics and endemics. India’s urban system will have to champion the change for a more organised and formal development(REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 19, 2020 08:27 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant and Richa Rashmi

Analysis| India’s energy choices are critical for the world

Renewables, investments, oil security, climate resilience and innovation will be critical to India’s energy future

India has ensured that energy has become both widespread and affordable for its citizens, whose typical income is a small fraction of the global average(Bloomberg)

Published on Jan 09, 2020 08:16 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant and Fatih Birol

HTLS 2019: The transformative power of technology

Advancements in technology, especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), have the potential to provide large incremental value to a wide range of sectors.

A robotics workshop at an engineering college in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, held in 2018.(Bachchan Kumar/ HT file)

Updated on Nov 26, 2019 04:34 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

The distinctiveness, and success, of Swachh Bharat

With a bottom-up approach, India has become a global leader in sanitation. Plastic waste management is next

National Cadet Corps participate in Swachh Bharat, Ludhiana, October 4, 2018(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 02, 2019 07:12 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

India’s water crisis: All stakeholders must come together

While CSR activities have been geared towards water conservation, corporations must make it a top priority

Around 600 million people are already facing a severe water shortage(HT)

Published on Aug 28, 2019 06:30 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Structural reforms have changed the social sector

One of India’s biggest challenges has been, and continues to be, the state of our social capital.

Providing high quality education remains a mammoth task. An Ernst & Young(PRASHANT WAYDANDE)

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 09:23 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Education reform needs a systematic approach

Academic interventions like competence-linked teaching, learning and assessments need to be accompanied by an overhaul of the existing governance structures.

To effect a large-scale transformation in education, what is needed is a comprehensive approach to coordinate academic and administrative change.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Mar 25, 2019 07:45 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Lateral inductions in govt an opportunity to attract best talent, writes Amitabh Kant

They provide an opportunity to attract and retain the best from across the world that have a sector perspective and boost a ministry’s capabilities

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Jun 13, 2018 01:03 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

The Aspirational Districts Programme is transformative

Till date, no other developing country has undertaken a data-driven programme of this massive scale to advance the holistic development of one-fifth of its population.

In a diverse country such as India, balanced growth is a prerequisite for overall development(AP)

Updated on Sep 19, 2019 01:06 PM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Spurring India’s industrial power to new heights

If India has to grow at rates of 9-10% per annum over the next three decades and create jobs for its young population, the manufacturing sector must grow at 15-16% per annum on a sustained basis.

HT Image

Updated on Nov 18, 2014 11:16 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

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