What is NITI Aayog old name?

On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly formed NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).

Who is current CEO of NITI Aayog?

. Amitabh Kant
Mr. Amitabh Kant serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, Kerala Cadre, 1980 batch.

Who is the current Chairman of Planning Commission?

1.	Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Member, Planning Commission e-mail: [email protected]	Chairman
Non officials
19.	Shri Sudheendra Kulkarni, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). e-mail: [email protected]	Member

What is NITI Aayog India?

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.

Is NITI Aayog a constitutional body?

In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Planning Commission’s abolition and created NITI Aayog through an executive resolution. [1]↵It is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body..

Why is NITI Aayog called Think Tank?

NITI Aayog as a Thinktank It can only recommend long-term, policy changes but cannot influence or see their progress on the ground. NITI Aayog is supposed to be a think tank. This implies that while generating new ideas, it maintains a respectable intellectual distance from the government of the day.

What is NITI Aayog salary?

The average NITI Aayog salary ranges from approximately ₹2.3 Lakhs per year for a Office Assistant to ₹ 18.6 Lakhs per year for a Consultant. Salary estimates are based on 81 NITI Aayog salaries received from various employees of NITI Aayog.

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Which was the last Five Year Plan in India?

12th Five Year Plan of the
12th Five Year Plan of the Government of India (2012–17) was India’s last Five Year Plan.

Who drafted the first five year plan?

Five-Year Plans (FYPs) are centralized and integrated national economic programs. Joseph Stalin implemented the first Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union in 1928. Most communist states and several capitalist countries subsequently have adopted them.

Which is not the function of Niti AYOG?

Which among the following is not the function of the NITI Aayog? Notes: Five Year plans ended with the Planning commission. Twelfth five plans is the last five plans of India. So as of now, NITI Aayog doesn’t have any role in five-year plans.

What is NITI Aayog registration?

Nitiayog registration enables organization uniquely enrolled with the government which provides multiple benefits to them such as to get details of government grants, schemes, funding & Unique ID as well as provide details about other existing NGOs across India.