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Planning Commission
t The Planning Commission was set up by a Resolution of the Government of India in March 1950.
t The Planning Commission was charged with the responsibility of making assessment of all resources of the country,
augmenting deficient resources, formulating plans for the most effective and balanced utilisation of resources and

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determining priorities.
t Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission.
t Deputy Chairman is the de-facto chairman of the commission. He is given the rank of a Cabinet Minister.

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CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF NITI AAYOG
t National Institution for Transforming India, also known as NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet

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on 1 January 2015. NITI Aayog is the premier policy think tank of the Government of India, providing directional and
policy inputs. Apart from designing strategic and long-term policies and programmes for the Government of India,
NITI Aayog also provides relevant technical advice to the Centre, states and union territories (UTs).
t NITI Aayog acts as the quintessential platform for the Government of India to bring states to act together in national
interest, and thereby fosters cooperative federalism.
t The Governing Council of NITI Aayog, comprising Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories with
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legislatures and Lt Governors of other Union Territories, came into effect on 16 February 2015 via a notification by
the Cabinet Secretariat.
Constitution of NITI Aayog, as under :
1. Chairperson : Hon’ble Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
2. Vice Chairperson : Dr Rajiv Kumar
3. Full-Time Members :
Shri VK Saraswat
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Prof. Ramesh Chand

Dr VK Paul
4. Ex-Officio Members:
Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
5. Special Invitees:
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Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
and Minister of Textiles
Dr Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
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Implementation, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning, and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
7 Pillars of Effective governance
 In essence, effective governance in India will rest on the following pillars (of the NITI Aayog) :
a. Pro-people agenda that fulfils the aspirations of the society as well as individual,
b. Pro-active in anticipating and responding to their needs
c. Participative, by involvement of citizens,
d. Empowering women in all aspects
e. Inclusion of all groups, with special attention to the economically weak (garib), the SC, ST and OBC communities,
the rural sector and farmers (gaon and kisan), youth and all categories of minorities.
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f. Equality of opportunity to our country’s youth,
g. Transparency through the use of technology to make government visible and responsive.
Difference between NITI Aayog and Planning Commission

NITI Aayog Planning Commission
It serves as an advisory Think Tank. It served as extra-constitutional body.

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It draws membership from a wider expertise. It had limited expertise.
It serves in spirit of Cooperative Federalism as States participated as spectators in annual plan
states as equal partners. meetings.

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Secretaries to be known as CEO appointed by Secretaries were appointed through usual process.
Prime-Minister.
It focuses upon 'Bottom-up' approach of Planning. It followed a 'Top-Down' approach.

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It does not possess mandate to impose policies on Impossed policies on states and tied allocation of

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state.
It does not have powers to allocate funds, which
are vested in Finance Minister.
NITI Aayoga involves a partnership with state
governments to maintain co-operative federalism.
It forms a platform for structured and constant
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interaction with states.
funds with projects it approved.
It had powers to allocate funds to ministries and
state governments.
Planning Commission was previously a federal
government institution with no representation of
state government. Therefore there was no structural
way for interaction with states.

 Highlights of the first meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 8th February 2015):
 Forge a model of cooperative, competitive federalism; chart a common course to progress and prosperity
 Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas
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 The biggest challenge still is how to eliminate poverty; expedite the process of growth
 Forgetting all differences, focusing on the cycle of investment, growth, job creation and prosperity
 Move away from “one size fits all” schemes; forge a better match between the schemes and the needs of states
 Regional Councils under NITI Aayog can catalyse joint projects across member states
 States must fulfil their role in promoting shared national objectives
The Prime Minister noted that in the last two and a half decade, the Indian economy has been transforming itself from a
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planned to a market economy. He called upon the gathering to deliberate on how the planning process should be reshaped.
“Our focus on good governance is the need of the hour,” Prime Minister Modi said. “Whatever we do it should be well
thought, it should be well-executed and it should have desired outcome,” he added.
 Highlights of the Second Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 15th July, 2015):
 The Council held consultations on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act.
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 The Prime Minister said the Centre and States must move together to end poverty.
 The Prime Minister reiterated the vision of his Government, that state units should be the focus of all
development efforts, as part of “Team India.” He recalled that Chief Ministers had always felt that development
policies at the Centre should be framed in consultation with the States.
 Highlights of the Third Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 23rd April, 2017):
 State Governments to work with the Union Government, as “Team India”.
 States, local Governments and all Government and Non-Government organizations to decide goals for 2022,
and work in mission mode towards achieving them.
 Good governance to optimum utilization of resources, even when resources are less than desired.
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 Regional imbalance has to be addressed on priority, both nationally, and within States.
 Legislative arrangements at the State-level for GST should be put in place without delay.
 States to use the GeM platform - Government e-Marketplace, to reduce corruption and increase transparency
in Government procurement.
 Use of technologies such as BHIM and Aadhaar would result in significant savings for the States.
 States to join the Ek-Bharat Shrestha Bharat initiative, which was launched on Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary.

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[The Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme was launched by the Prime Minister on 31st October, 2016 to
promote engagement amongst the people of State/ UTs in the country so as to enhance mutual understanding
and bonding between people of diverse cultures, thereby securing stronger unity & integrity of India.]

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 In a country where agricultural income is exceedingly important, budgets should be prepared immediately
after the receipt of agricultural incomes for the year. There have been suggestions to have the financial year
from January to December.
 Highlights of the fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 17th June, 2018)

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The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of the Hon’ble

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was attended by 23 Chief Ministers and the
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, apart from Union Ministers, who are ex-officio members
and special invitees.
P.M.called upon States to fix growth targets for their economies as the world looks towards India soon be
coming a USD 5 trillion economy. He advised the States to pay special attention to expanding their exports
and attracting export oriented investment while organizing their investments summits and events.
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P.M reiterated the Union Government’s commitment to provide 100% coverage of seven flagship schemes to
45,000 additional villages and those in 115 Aspirational Districts by August 15th, 2018. He urged States to
identify ‘aspirational blocks’ to take development to the grassroots.
The Prime Minister expressed the hope that all Government buildings and street lighting across the country
should be replaced with energy-efficient, economical LED lighting as soon as possible and also urged States
to work towards the goal of a TB-Free India by 2025, five years prior to the global target of 2030
Elaborating on the Union Government’s guiding principle of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, the Prime Minister
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said the schemes of the Union Government are no longer limited to certain people, or to certain regions, and
are reaching everyone without discrimination, in a balanced way.
The Chief Ministers of the various States highlighted issues such as adaptation to climate change, the need to
design and implement State-specific schemes to suit local needs. They also presented the work done by the
various states in implementing the Ayushman Bharat and the Aspirational Districts Programme.
All Chief Ministers expressed their commitment to celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi in a befitting manner. The Prime Minister in his closing remarks said the best manner of showing
respect to the Father of the Nation would be to not only achieve a 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) status
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for the country but also to make India free from dirt and squalor by October 2, 2019.
 Highlights of the Fifth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 15th June, 2019)
The fifth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 15 June 2019.
On the Agenda before the Fifth Council Meeting were the following items:
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1. Rainwater Harvesting
2. Drought Situation and Relief Measures
3. Aspirational Districts Programme: Achievements and Challenges
4. Transforming Agriculture: Need for Structural Reforms with Special Emphasis on:
5. Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act
6. Essential Commodities Act (ECA)
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 Highlights of the Sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog (held on 20th February, 2021)
The sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held on 20 February 2021 under the chairmanship
of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi via video conferencing. It was attended by 26 Chief Ministers, 3
Lieutenant Governors and 2 Administrators, apart from Union Ministers who are Ex-Officio Members, and Special
Invitees.
The agenda comprised the following items :

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  1. Making India a Manufacturing Powerhouse
2. Reimagining Agriculture
3. Improving Physical Infrastructure
4. Accelerating Human Resources Development

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5. Improving Service Delivery at Grassroots Level
6. Health and Nutrition
FOCUS AREA OF SIXTH COUNCIL MEETING
n The Prime Minister stressed on Innovation must be encouraged, and more technology should be used to provide better

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n The Prime Minister insisted that all States make an agro-climatic regional planning strategy.
n The Prime Minister also urged focus on storage and processing of agricultural products to reduce wastage. Reforms
are very important for farmers to get the necessary economic resources, better infrastructure and modern technology,
SECTORAL ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO POLICY AND PROGRAMME FRAME WORK
n The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP -- 112 Aspirational Districts)-- based on its three ‘Cs’ approach--
convergence of District, State and Central-level initiatives; facilitating collaborations between civil society
organizations, communities and District Administrations towards a common goal; and fostering a healthy spirit of
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competition by releasing monthly ranks on the Districts’ performances.
n NITI Aayog prepared the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in consultation with the infrastructure Line Ministries
and based on an assessment of the available asset base.
n NITI Aayog and Gujarat University signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) in September 2021 in the presence of Dr Rajiv
Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. The objective is to encourage and promote cooperation in the field of agriculture
and allied sectors. The two institutions will also undertake activities to build awareness around the best practices of
the agriculture value chain management, marketing methods, conservation of natural resources, climate change and
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other identified areas to improve the generation and uptake of evidence in policymaking.
n The Agriculture Vertical launched an exclusive website on natural farming
n A task force on the production and promotion of biofertilizers, with a special focus on improving the economic
viability of goshalas, was constituted in September 2021, under the Chairmanship of Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member
(Agriculture), NITI Aayog. The task force will recommend policy interventions for the effective utilization of livestock
by-products in the production of biofertilizers, among others.
n To complement the existing veterinary infrastructure, NITI Aayog has initiated the development of telemedicine
for livestock health and safety. a. A workable web-based system, as an attempt to develop an operational model, titled
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‘NITIVeT’, has also been developed. Services such as real-time consultation on vaccination, artificial insemination,
medicine, health education, and livestock insurance will be provided.
n The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is a first-of-its-kind unified-access portal that seeks to overcome
information asymmetry in the women entrepreneurial ecosystem. It is an aggregator platform that showcases initiatives
promoting women entrepreneurship and supports women with relevant domain knowledge, and leverages technology
to seamlessly provide information
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n NITI Aayog, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Intel, has established a new experience
studio at Yojana Bhavan. The studio will help showcase the potential of technologies such as AI, machine learning
(ML), Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR), blockchain, and robotics to accelerate
their application in public sector use cases.
n A presentation was made during a meeting of the consultative group on economics and finance, chaired by Vice
Chairman, NITI Aayog, on 15 July 2021 to deliberate and seek policy inputs from leading economists and experts
for taking suggestion for inclusion of electricity in GST.
 The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is a first-of-its-kind unified-access portal to enable women across
India to realize their entrepreneurial aspirations. The idea of the platform was first mooted by NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant, who announced its establishment at the conclusion of the eighth Global Entrepreneurship Summit,

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held in Hyderabad in 2017, with an overarching theme of ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’. As an enabling platform,
WEP is built on three pillars:
l Iccha Shakti, which represents motivating aspiring entrepreneurs to start their business.
l Gyaan Shakti, which represents providing knowledge and ecosystem support to women entrepreneurs to help
them foster entrepreneurship.
l Karma Shakti, which represents providing hands-on support to entrepreneurs in setting-up and scaling-up businesses.
NITI Aayog has developed the first ever ‘Agriculture Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index’ to sensitise

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states about the need to undertake reforms in the three key areas of Agriculture Market Reforms, Land Lease Reforms and
Forestry on Private Land (Felling and Transit of Trees). The index carries a score with a minimum value “0” implying no
reforms and maximum value “100” implying complete reforms in the selected areas.

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n A consultative meeting was held on 18 November 2021 to discuss recommendations on policy reforms for pushing
India’s growth to the next level. The Cell presented a model highlighting that the economy would cross the USD-10-
trillion mark in FY30, FY32 and FY36 in the optimistic, baseline and pessimistic scenarios, respectively.
n ArthNITI is a newsletter published by the NITI Aayog to provide a snapshot of global trends relevant to India and

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quick analyses of India’s recent macroeconomic performance, and put a spotlight on the Government’s flagship schemes.

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n NITI Aayog contributed substantially to the development of the Higher Education Commission of India, under the
National Education Policy 2020, in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education.
n NITI Aayog has partnered with IIT Bombay to update India’s national calculator India Energy Security
Scenario (IESS) 2047. The model has been finalized, which will be helpful for related Ministries to develop their
Vision, 2047.
n An inter-ministerial committee under the Chairmanship of CEO, NITI Aayog, has been actively monitoring the setting
up of five new urea plants at Ramagundam, Talcher, Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni, and resolving various issues
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encountered during the process. It is expected that once these projects start, India’s reliance on imported urea would
go down significantly
n NITI Aayog was mandated to track the performance of the country’s District hospitals.
n NITI Aayog has commissioned a study to review the performance of the EPCs at the Central, State, and District levels
n To give an impetus to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, NITI Aayog, in consultation with the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, has identified 11 areas to facilitate the transition from a linear to a circular economy.
The 11 areas are municipal solid and liquid wastes; scrap metal (ferrous and non-ferrous); lithium-ion (li-
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ion) batteries; tyre and rubber recycling; gypsum; end-of-life vehicles; electronic waste; toxic and hazardous
industrial waste; used oil waste; agriculture waste; and solar panels.
n An independent committee was formed under the Chairmanship of CEO, NITI Aayog, in 2017–18 to monitor the
Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK). The RRSK is a corpus fund of Rs 1 lakh crore over five years (2017–22)
to improve the standards of railway safety through periodic monitoring.
n NITI Aayog has collaborated with the International Transport Forum and GIZ India for Decarbonizing Transport
in Emerging Economics (DTEE) initiative and National Determined Contribution Transport Initiative Asia.
n The Vertical organized a high-level national dialogue (on plastic-free cities and ocean was chaired by Dr Rajiv
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Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, and Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forest, and
Climate Change, was the Chief Guest.
n NITI Aayog has launched the ‘SuBaH’ (Sun’s Blessings and Health) initiative to provide solar power via the
installation of solar panels on the rooftops of health institutions at low prices all over the country, without any capital
investment by the institutions or any subsidy from the Government. The project is being rolled out by NITI Aayog in
States/UTs with technical assistance from the World Bank.
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n NITI Aayog, along with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), finalized the strategy for implementing the
BharatNet Project through PPP.
n NITI Aayog assisted the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) in implementing Phase II of the
strategic petroleum reserve through PPP. ISPRL is developing an additional reserve of 4.0 million metric tonnes at
Chandikhol in Odisha and 2.5 million metric tonnes at Padur in Karnataka.
n The PMO constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, for the identification of De-
Notified Tribes (DNTs), Nomadic Tribes (NTs), Semi-Nomadic Tribes (SNTs), and tribes not yet formally classified.
n The National Multidimensional Poverty Index : Baseline Report based on NFHS-4 (2015–16) has been developed
by NITI Aayog in consultation with 12 Line Ministries and in partnership with State Governments and the index
publishing agencies—Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development

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Programme (UNDP).
n The Poshan Gyan portal, a national digital repository on health and nutrition, was launched on 13 April 2021 by Vice
Chairman, NITI Aayog. The portal has been developed by the Division in partnership with BMGF and Ashoka University.
The Poshan Gyan repository was conceptualized as a resource enabling the search of communication materials on 14
thematic areas of health and nutrition across diverse languages, media types, target audiences and sources.
NITI Aayog, in collaboration with BvLF, has undertaken an exercise to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the health,
nutrition, learning, and caregiving of young children, and the workload and well-being of their caregivers. The survey

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was conducted by Dalberg and Kantar. The study covers 11 States: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
NITI Aayog Hubs

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1. Team India Hub acts as interface between States and Centre.
2. Knowledge and Innovation Hub builds the think-tank acumen of NITI Aayog.
 The Aayog planned to come out with three documents — 3-year action agenda, 7-year medium-term
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 Dahod district in Gujarat has been ranked first among 108 ‘aspirational districts’ by the NITI Aayog on
the basis of incremental development . Begusarai in Bihar (ranked 100) and Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir

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(ranked 101) are the worst performers according to data released by the NITI Aayog. The NITI Aayog has
ranked 108 districts on the basis of the improvements in five developmental areas
 Government think tank Niti Aayog on Monday released the fourth edition of its health index, which ranked
states based on overall health performance. Kerala was ranked as the best performer on top, while Uttar
Pradesh was the worst.
 National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has developed the Composite Water Management
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Index (CWMI) to enable effective water management in Indian states.
 India’s vision of becoming a USD5 trillion economy by 2024 , n, NITI Aayog has taken a significant
step by developing the first-ever Export Preparedness Index for Indian states. The Index ranks states
and union territories on critical parameters required for promoting the country’s exports.
 NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, World Health Organization,
and key stakeholders, has developed the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the performance of district
hospitals in India.
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 The India Innovation Index is released by NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness every
year. The index attempts to create an extensive framework for the continuous evaluation of the innovation
environment in all States and Union Territories; it ranks them on the basis of their scores. NITI Aayog
released the second edition on 20 January 2021
 The School Education Quality Index (SEQI) was the result of extensive consultations across the education
space,developed by The NITI Aayog.
 The 193 Member States of the United Nations officially adopted a new sustainable development agenda
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entitled, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” at the Sustainable
Development Summit held at UN Headquarters in New York in September 2015. This agenda contains 17
Goals and 169 targets. NITI Aayog has the twin mandate to oversee the adoption and monitoring of the
SDGs in the country and promote competitive and cooperative federalism among States and UTs.
 NITI Aayog is working on a State Energy Index to assess the performance of States based on indicators
covering the discoms’ viability and competition, access, affordability and reliability of energy, clean energy
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initiatives, energy efficiency, etc.

 NITI Aayog, in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and with technical assistance
from the World Bank, has been spearheading the health index initiative since 2017 to measure the annual
performance of States and Union Territories on a variety of indicators. These include health outcomes,
governance and processes.
 India Green Stimulus Report was developed by NITIAayog’.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Planning Commission as well as the NITI Aayog 9. In India, the concepts of ‘minimum needs’ and
were set up through— ‘anti-poverty programmes’ was the innovations of—
a) Legislation b) Subordinate a) Fourth Five Year Plan b) Fifth Five Year Plan
c) Cabinet resolution d) Ordinance c) Sixth Five Year Plan d) Eighth Five Year Plan

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2. The functions of Planning Commission included– 10. Which five year plan focused on ‘growth with social
a) Assessment of the material, capital and human justice and equity’?
resources of India. a) Ninth Five Year Plan

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b) Formulation of a plan for the most effective and b) Eighth Five Year Plan
balanced utilisation of India’s resources.
c) Seventh Five Year Plan
c) Appraise from time to time the progress achieved
d) Sixth Five Year Plan
in the execution of each stage of the plan.
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d) All of these
3. Planning Commission worked under the overall on agriculture the highest?

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guidance of the– a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd d) 4th
a) National Development Council 12. The first Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog is–
b) Finance Commission a) Bibek Debroy b) V. K. Saraswat
c) Public Accounts Commission c) Arvind Panagariya d) Arun Jaitley
d) None of these 13. The first CEO of NITI Aayog is–
4. The functions of NITI Aayog include– a) Sushma Nath b) Usha Thorat
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a) To foster cooperative federalism. c) Smriti Zubin Irani d) Sindhushree Khullar
b) To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans
14. Which of the following is correct?
at the village level and aggregate these progressively
at higher levels of government. a) NITI Aayog will emerge as a “think-tank”.
c) To focus on technology upgradation and capacity b) NITI Aayog will create a knowledge, innovation
building for implementation of programmes and and entrepreneurial support system.
initiatives. c) NITI Aayog will monitor and evaluate the
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d) All of these implementation of programmes and focus on

5. Which authority is entrusted with the task of overseeing technology upgradation and capacity building.
implementation of Sustainable Development Goals d) All of these
in India? 15. In which of the Five Year Plan, the weaker sections
a) NITI Aayog b) PMO of the society got priority?
c) Cabinet d) None of these a) 5th b) 4th
6. The aim of the Third Five Year Plan (1961 - 66) c) 3rd d) None of these
was—
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16. Which one of the following is not a pillar of NITI

a) rapid industrialisation Aayog?
b) growth with stability and progress towards self-
reliance a) Pro-people agenda
c) self reliant and self-generating economy b) Empowering women in all aspects
d) removal of poverty and attainment of self-reliance
7. At the NITI Aayog meeting of CMs on 15th June c) Inclusion of all groups
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2019 the P.M said that the goal of making India a d) None of these
_________ economy by 2024 was challenging but
17. Which of the following planning is executed at the
achievable.
grass root level?
a) $ 3 trillion b) $ 4 trillion
c) $ 5 trillion d) $ 6 trillion a) Centralised planning
8. In context of India’s five year plans, in which plan b) Decentralised planning
was the growth rate target exceeded? c) Fixed planning
a) First plan b) Fifth plan d) Imperative planning
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18. Among the achievements of Indian Planning, we 27. The focus of the Seventh Plan was—
may include– a) Food b) Work
a) high growth of national income c) Productivity d) All of these
b) diversification of industry & exports 28. Which of the following years is known as ‘watershed’
c) strong control over prices for Indian Economy?
d) all of these a) 1990 b) 1991 c) 1992 d) 1997
19. Match the following. 29. In the First Five Year Plan of India, priority was

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A. First Plan 1. Rapid industrialisation given to—
B. Second Plan 2. Community Development a) Food and agricultural production
Programme b) Industrial production

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C. Third Plan 3. Self-reliance c) Reducing unemployment
D. Fifth Plan 4. Minimum Needs Programme d) None of these
Codes : 30. The Five Year Plan of India, intend to develop the
A B C D country industrially through—

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b) The private sector
c) 2 1 3 4 c) The public, private joint and cooperative sector
d) 3 4 1 2 d) Increasing collaboration with non-resident Indian
20. The Eighth Five Year Plan gave priority to– 31. Early phase of Indian planning experience observed
a) industrial growth this
b) promotion of exports a) Import substitution b) Free trade regime
c) employment generation
c) Import liberalization d) Both (b) and (c)
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d) increasing agricultural productivity 32. A major shift in Eighth Five Year Plan from its
21. The strategy of rolling plan was adopted during the preceding ones was—
Prime Ministership of– a) The concentration of investment in infrastructural
a) Rajiv Gandhi b) Indira Gandhi sector.
c) Manmohan Singh d) Morarji Desai b) Major investment in agriculture with a view to
22. The type of planning experimented between 1978 programme exports.
and 1980 is known as– c) Major investment in sector where industrial
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a) Collective Plan b) Rolling Plan sickness has been a chronic problem.

c) Indicative Plan d) Annual Plan
23. Which one of the following Five Year Plans
recognised human development as the core of all
development efforts?
a) Third Five Year Plan b) Fifth Five Year Plan
c) Sixth Five Year Plan d) Eighth Five Year Plan
24. The removal of poverty as an objective of economic
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d) The significant reduction in public sector outlays.
33. A “Performance on Health out comes” Index was
spear headed by Ministry of Health and family
welfare along with which organisation?
a) NITI Aayog b) Planning Commission
c) RBI d) None of these
34. Highest decision making body of NITI Aayog?
a) Governing Council b) Regional Council

planning was mentioned explicitly for the first time

in the– c) Both (a) & (b) d) Neither (a) nor (b)
a) Fifth Five Year Plan 35. NITI Aayog has a MOU with which country for
b) Sixth Five Year Plan building capacities in implementation of urban
c) Seventh Five Year Plan Rejuvenation Mission?
d) Eighth Five Year Plan
a) Sweden b) USA
25. The strategy of industrialization during Second Five
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Year Plan included– c) Singapore d) Australia

a) increasing scope and importance of the public 36. NITI Aayog is set to bring model act for which of
sector. the following?
b) stepping up the rate of investment.
c) investment in heavy & capital goods sector. a) Farm Land clearing
d) all of these b) Agricultural Market
26. Fostering inclusiveness was the strategy of– c) Group Insurance and Disaster relief
a) Ninth Five Year Plan
b) Tenth Five Year Plan d) All of these
c) Eleventh Five Year Plan ————
d) None of these
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