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| NITI Aayog |
Planning Commission was replaced by a new
institution – NITI AAYYOG on January 1, 2015.
Key
Points:
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Non
Statutory, Non Constitutional body
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Think
Thank
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First
Meeting held on 6 ,2015 under the Chairmanship on PM Modi
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Composition of NITI Aayog:
§ Chairperson: Prime Minister
§ Vice-Chairperson: To be appointed by Prime-Minister
§ Governing Council: Chief Ministers of all states and Lt.
Governors of Union Territories.
§ Regional Council: To address specific regional issues,
Comprising Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors Chaired by Prime Minister or his
nominee.
§ Adhoc Membership: 2 member in ex-officio capacity from leading
Research institutions on rotational basis.
§ Ex-Officio membership: Maximum four from Union council of
ministers to be nominated by Prime minister.
§ Chief Executive Officer: Appointed by Prime-minister for a fixed tenure,
in rank of Secretary to Government of India.
§ Special Invitees: Experts, Specialists with domain
knowledge nominated by Prime-minister.
Present Composition:
Chairperson
Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister
Vice
Chairperson
Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Full-Time
Members
Shri V.K. Saraswat
Prof. Ramesh Chand
Dr. V. K. Paul
Ex-officio
Members
Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence
Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance
and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; Minister of
Panchayati Raj.
Special
Invitees
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road
Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
ShriThaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of
Planning.
Chief
Executive Officer
Shri Amitabh Kant
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NITI Aayog
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Planning Commission
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It serves as an advisory Think Tank.
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It served as extra-constitutional body.
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It draws membership from a wider expertise.
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It had limited expertise.
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It serves in spirit of Cooperative
Federalism as states are equal partners.
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States participated as spectators in annual
plan meetings.
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Secretaries to be known as CEO appointed by
Prime- Minister.
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Secretaries were appointed through usual
process.
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It does not possess mandate to impose
policies.
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Imposed policies on states and tied
allocation of funds with projects it approved.
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It does not have powers to allocate funds,
which are vested in Finance Minister.
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It had powers to allocate funds to
ministries and state governments.
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NITI Aayog Hubs
1.
Team
India Hub acts as
interface between States and Centre.
2.
Knowledge
and Innovation Hub builds the
think-tank acumen of NITI Aayog..
Objectives
§ To foster cooperative federalism through
structured support initiatives and mechanisms with the States on a continuous
basis, recognizing that strong States make a strong nation.
§ To develop mechanisms to formulate credible
plans at the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher levels
of government.
§ To ensure, on areas that are specifically
referred to it, that the interests of national security are incorporated in
economic strategy and policy.
§ To create a knowledge, innovation and
entrepreneurial support system through a collaborative community of national
and international experts, practitioners and other partners.
§ To offer a platform for resolution of
inter-sectoral and inter-departmental issues in order to accelerate the
implementation of the development agenda.
§ To maintain a state-of-the-art Resource
Centre, be a repository of research on good governance and best practices in
sustainable and equitable development as well as help their dissemination to
stake-holders
Source: NITI Aayog
Also Read: Five Year Plans In India
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