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What is the full form of NITI Aayog?

  • NITI Aayog stands for National Institution for Transforming India.
  • It is an advisory think-tank of the Government of India to promote cooperative federalism through joint initiatives with the states.NITI Aayog was formed in 2015, replacing the Planning Commission
  • It acts as a state-of-art resource centre with the necessary knowledge and skills to facilitate a strategic vision for the government and promote research and innovation. It has the assistance of:
    1. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
    2. Development Monitoring and Evaluation Organization (DMEO)
    3. National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development ( NILERD)
    • The major functions of the NITI Aayog can be categorized into:

    1.Policy and Programme Framework

    2.Cooperative Federalism

    3.Monitoring and Evaluation

    4.Think tank, and Knowledge and Innovation Hub

    • The Prime Minister of India is the Chairperson of the NITI Aayog.
    • The seven pillars of NITI Aayog are:
    1. Pro-People, 2.Pro-Activity 3. Participation 4. Empowering 5. Inclusion of all 6. Equality 7. Transparency
    • The current CEO of NITI Aayog is Parameswaran Iyer.

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