The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI
Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015.
NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India,
providing both directional and policy inputs. While designing strategic and
long term policies and programmes for the Government of India, NITI Aayog
also provides 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.
At the core of NITI Aayog’s creation are two hubs – Team India
Hub and the 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. These
hubs reflect the two key tasks of the Aayog.
NITI Aayog is also developing itself as a State of the Art Resource
Centre, with the necessary resources, knowledge and skills, that will enable
it to act with speed, promote research and innovation, provide strategic
policy vision for the government, and deal with contingent issues.
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NITI
AAYOG (NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA) FUNCTIONS
1.
NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India):
- (i) To evolve a shared vision of
national development priorities sectors and strategies with the active
involvement of States in the light of national 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 pay special attention to the sections of our society that may
be at risk of not benefiting adequately from economic progress
- To design strategic and long term policy and programme frameworks
and initiatives, and monitor their progress and their efficacy. The
lessons learnt through monitoring and feedback will be used for making
innovative improvements, including necessary mid-course corrections
- To provide advice and encourage partnerships between key
stakeholders and national and international like-minded 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 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
- To actively monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes
and initiatives, including the identification of the needed resources so
as to strengthen the probability of success and scope of delivery
- To focus on technology upgradation and capacity building for implementation
of programmes and initiatives
- To undertake other activities as may be necessary in order to
further the execution of the national development agenda, and the
objectives mentioned above
(ii) National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development
(NILERD)
2. The NITI Aayog is the successor in interest to the
Planning Commission.
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