NITI Aayog or The National Institution for Transforming India was formed on January 1, 2015, by means of a resolution of the Union Cabinet. NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs.
via Objective
Designing strategic and long-term policies and programmes for the Government of India
Providing relevant technical advice to the Centre and States.
The Government of India, in keeping with its reform agenda, constituted the NITI Aayog to replace the Planning Commission instituted in 1950. This was done in order to better serve the needs and aspirations of the people of India. An important evolutionary change from the past, NITI Aayog acts as the quintessential platform of the Government of India to bring States to act together in national interest, and thereby fosters Cooperative Federalism.
There are two hubs at the centre of NITI Aayog creation namely,
- Team India Hub
- Knowledge and Innovation Hub.
- The Team India Hub leads the engagement of states with the Central government, while the Knowledge and Innovation Hub builds NITI’s think-tank capabilities.
Niti Lectures
Niti Lectures: Transforming India is a new initiative started by the Niti Aayog on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aim
Invite globally reputed policy makers, experts, administrators to India to share their knowledge, expertise, experience in policy making and good governance with Indian counterparts.
Working
There were a series of lectures and the first lecture was delivered by Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
He delivered a lecture on the subject called “India and global economy” at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Overview
| Designation | Name |
| Chairperson | Shri Narendra Modi (link is external) |
| Vice Chairperson | Arvind Panagariya |
| Full-Time Member | Prof. Ramesh Chand |
| Full-Time Member | Profile – Shri V.K. Saraswat |
| Full-Time Member | Profile – Shri Bibek Debroy |
| Chief Executive Officer | Shri Amitabh Kant |
Constitution
Chairperson
Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister
Vice Chairperson
Full-Time Members
Dr Bibek Debroy
Shri V.K. Saraswat
Prof. Ramesh Chand
Ex-officio Members
Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs
Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways
Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Special Invitees
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Shipping
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Textiles.
Chief Executive Officer
Functions
1.NITI AAYOG (NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA)
- To evolve a shared vision of national development main concern sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in the light of national objectives
- To foster cooperative federalism through planned support initiatives and mechanisms with the States on a constant basis, recognising that strong States make a strong nation
- To ensure, in areas that are specifically referred to it, that the interests of national security are integrated into economic strategy and policy
- To pay special attention to the sections of our society that may be at risk of not benefiting satisfactorily from economic progress
- To design strategic and long-term policy and programme frameworks and initiatives, and monitor their progress and their efficiency.
- To provide opinion and encourage partnerships between key stakeholders and national and international compatible Think tanks, as well as educational and policy research institutions.
- 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 speed up the execution 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 evenhanded development as well as help their dissemination to stakeholders
- To actively monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and initiatives, including the recognition of the needed resources so as to strengthen the probability of success and scope of delivery
- To focus on technology up-gradation and capacity building for execution of programmes and initiatives
2.National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD)
Composition of the Governing Council
The NITI Aayog is the successor in interest to the Planning Commission
Now, therefore, the Prime Minister as Chairperson of the NITI Aayog hereby constitutes the Governing Council with the following composition:
- Chairperson: Prime Minister of India
- Ex officio Members, NITI Aayog
- Vice-Chairperson, NITI Aayog
- Full-time Members, NITI Aayog
- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Assam
- Chief Minister of Bihar
- Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
- Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Chief Minister of Goa
- Chief Minister of Gujarat
- Chief Minister of Haryana
- Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Chief Minister of Kerala
- Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Chief Minister of Manipur
- Chief Minister of Meghalaya
- Chief Minister of Mizoram
- Chief Minister of Nagaland
- Chief Minister of Odisha
- Chief Minister of Puducherry (UT)
- Chief Minister of Punjab
- Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- Chief Minister of Sikkim
- 30.Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
- Chief Minister of Telangana
- Chief Minister of Tripura
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
- Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT)
- Special Invitees of NITI Aayog will be Special Invitees of Governing Council
Note
First Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog – 8th Feb 2015
Third Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog – 23rd April 2017
An Overview of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Ending starvation, attaining food protection and civilising nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and encouraging well-being for all at all ages
- Ensuring inclusive and evenhanded quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all
- Accomplishing gender sameness and empowering all women and girls
- Ensuring convenience and sustainable management of water and hygiene for all
- Ensuring access to reasonable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- Promoting constant, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building flexible infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and fostering innovation
- Reducing discrimination within and among countries
- Making cities and individual resolutions inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable utilisation and production patterns
Taking urgent action to fight climate change and its impacts - Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine possessions for sustainable development
- Shielding, renovating and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.
- Promoting calm and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all
- Strengthening the means of implementation and refreshing the global partnership for sustainable development
The Role of NITI Aayog
- NITI Aayog has been entrusted with the role to co-ordinate ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (called as SDGs). Moving ahead from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), SDGs have been evolved through a long inclusive process for achievement during 2016-2030.
- The SDGs include 17 goals and 169 related targets resolved in the UN Summit meet 25-27 September 2015, in which India was represented at the level of Hon’ble Prime Minister. These SDGs will stimulate, align and accomplish action over the 15-year period in areas of critical importance for the humanity and the planet.
The mission at hand for NITI Aayog is not merely to occasionally collect data on SDGs but to act proactively fructify the goals and targets not only quantitatively but also preserving high standards of quality. - To achieve these tasks, the draft mapping of the goals and targets as an initial step on proposed Nodal and other Ministries has been carried out in consultation with MoSPI.
- Further, as an illustration, the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs), including the ‘core of the core’, ‘core’ and ‘optional’ Schemes being implemented by the States have been mapped along with some of the recent initiatives undertaken by the Central Government.
- Ministries are executing Central Sector Schemes and States are also implementing various State Schemes associated with one or more SDGs.
NITI Aayog, in collaboration with RIS, is also holding a Consultation on SDGs, during 9th and 10th February 2016 with stakeholders including States, Ministries, academia, International organisations, NGOs etc. at New Delhi.
Atal Innovation Mission:
Indo-Israel Startup
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Social links
The Niti Aayog is very active on various social platforms. The links to the same are provided below:
Youtube
Official website
Conclusion
The Niti Aayog is an intelligent and well-structured organisation which aims at transforming India. There are various initiatives being taken by the Niti Aayog which are well planned and contribute to the effective functioning of the government.