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26-04-2022 | 18:23 PM
NITI Aayog’s new chairperson?
- 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