NITI Aayog — Structure and Functions

For decades, a Five-Year Plan told states how much money they would get and what to spend it on. That model was replaced by a body with a very different philosophy — one that advises rather than allocates, and calls itself a policy think tank rather than a planning authority. Understanding why that change happened is the heart of this topic.

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NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) is the Government of India's policy think tank, set up to replace the Planning Commission with a body that advises the Centre and states on strategy and policy rather than allocating five-year plan funds.

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