NITI Aayog’s new chairperson?

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• The Centre has appointed economist Suman Bery as Niti Aayog’s vice-chairman after Rajiv Kumar stepped down from the post on Friday, April 22.
• Rajiv Kumar had taken over at India’s policy think tank five years ago.
• NITI Aayog or the National Institution for Transforming India is a ‘policy think tank’ of the Indian government which provides inputs regarding the different programmes and policies of the government. 
• The government of India replaced the old planning commission started in 1950 with a new institution called NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015.
• It works under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.

NITI Aayog’s entire gamut of activities can be divided into four main heads:

·  Policy and Programme Framework

·  Cooperative Federalism

·  Monitoring and Evaluation

·  Think Tank, and Knowledge and Innovation Hub