BASIC FEATURES OF INDIAN

PLANNING AFTER ADOPTION OF

NITI AYOG

Presented by:
Samarpita Das, Ritika
Agarwal,Raj Kamal Bhandari,
Rituparna Gogoi,Ronuj Doley.
CONTENTS:
Brief history of Planning Commission
Introduction to NITI Aayog

Basics of NITI Aayog

Structure of NITI Aayog

Present members

Functions & Roles of NITI Aayog

Key difference between planning commission

and NITI Aayog
Works and Achievements of NITI Aayog

Conclusion

Bibliography
 BRIEF HISTORY OF PLANNING COMMISSION

Planning commission was an institution formed in

March 15,1950 by govt. of India.

It was established in accordance with article 39 of

the constitution which is a part of directive principles
of state policy.

It formulated India’s five year plans.

WHY DOES INDIA NEED A CHANGE
FROM PLANNING COMMISION ?
 INTRODUCTION TO NITI AYOG

 NITI Aayog is formed via executive action by the union

cabinet on january1,2015.
 It is a government of India Think-Tank policy .
 It is a non-statutory body.
 The stated aim for NITI Aayog’s creation is to foster
involvement and participation in the economic policy-
making process by the state government of India.
 One of the important mandates of NITI Aayog is to
bring co-operative competitive federalism and to
improve centre-state relation.
 BASIC FEATURES OF NITI AYOG

 NITI Aayog basically represent the economic

interest of state governments and union territories
of India, which the previous planning structure
commission structure lacked.
 Instead of being in a controlling seat ;it is going to
be a provider of both directional and policy inputs.
 ‘NITI blogs’ provides public access to articles , field
reports as well as published opinions of the
officials.
STRUCTURE OF NITI AAYOG
 PRESENT MEMBERS
 Chairperson: PMO India: Shri Narendra Modi.

 Vice-Chairman: Rajiv Kumar.

 CEO: Amitabh Kant.

 Members: (1) Bibek Debroy (Economist),(2) V. K.

Saraswat (Former DRDO Chief),(3)Ramesh Chand
(Agriculture Expert)
 Special Invitees: Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and
Thawar Chand Gehlot.

 Governing Council: All Chief Ministers and Lieutenant

Governors of Union Territories.
 FUNCTIONS & ROLES OF NITI AAYOG
 To evolve a shared vision of national development
with the active involvement of States.

 To develop credible plans at the village level and

aggregate these at higher levels of government.

 To foster cooperative federalism with the States on

a continuous basis, recognizing that strong States
make a strong nation.
 To focus on technology upgradation and
implementation of programs and initiatives.

 To encourage partnerships between national and

international like-minded ‘Think-tanks’, as well as
educational and research institutions.

 To create innovation and entrepreneurial support

system through national and international experts.

 To pay special attention to the sections of our

society that may not be adequately benefiting from
economic progress.
 To offer a platform for resolution of inter
departmental issues.

 To maintain a state-of-the-art Resource Centre.

 To actively monitor the implementation of programs

and initiatives.

 To undertake activities necessary for national

development agenda.
 KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANNING
COMMISSION AND NITI AAYOG

 IN FINANCIAL CLOUT

 STATE’S ROLE

 IN APPROACH STRATEGY
 ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

 MEMBERS

 NEHRUVIAN DECENTRALIZED PLANNING vs

MODI’S CENTRALIZED PLANNING
ACHIEVEMENTS & ACCOMPLISHMENT OF NITI
AAYOG

Compared to Planning Commission, which was 64

years old when replaced by NITI Aayog which is in
infancy. But the expectations from a high profile
institution, irrespective of its age(tenure) are always
high. Some of its achievements in this two years of
working are stated below.
 On Innovation and entrepreneurship.
 On Infrastructure and Energy Sector.
 On co–operative federalism.
 On agricultural development.
 Digitalization Movement.
 Increase in FDI.
 CRITICISM AND CHALLENGES
Sustaining a growth of 7.5 per cent when there is
global slow down, shows that implementation of NITI
Aayog is on the right track. However,critics of this
new set up criticized it and some termed it as an old
wine in a new bottle,though some critics have also
argued positively in its favour.Some of the criticism
and challenges faced by NITI Aayog are:-
 An extra-constitutional body
 Contradictory Vision
 Not Obligatory
 Biased nature
 Practical implementation till date,limited only to
some states
 WAY FORWARD
 What can be done to overcome these challenges??
 CONCLUSION
 However, it is too early to comment on the efficacy
of the new institution related to planned
development, something is possible when it shifts
gears and moves into operation seriously. However,
the present move to decentralize planning and
allowing inputs from states to guide it, appears to
be a positive and effective steps.
 But NITI Aayog will always remain a hotbed political
topic with ambiguous opinions.
THANK
YOU
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITI_Aayog
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 www.thetimesofindia.com
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 Pib.nic.in : Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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