NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission

NITI Aayog NITI Aayog[/caption] The Government on Thursday replaced the 65-year old Planning Commission, a left over from the Socialist era,with a NITI Aayog or National Institution for Transforming India ,marking a major shift in policy making by involving states. To be headed by PM Narendra Modi, the new body will have a governing council comprising CMs of all states and Lt Governors of Union Territories and will work towards fostering �co-operative federalism” for providing a �national agenda� to the Centre and States. The NITI Aayog ,which will serve as a policy think tank for the central as well as state governments will have around 7-8 full time members and two part time members, while four Union ministers would serve as ex-officio members. The two part-time members would be from leading universities and research organizations, the number of full time members has not been specified yet. Note: For more updates on topics asked in CLAT, keep visiting CLAT Gurukul which is a knowledge sharing initiative of The Knowledge Tree, Patna’s premier coaching institute for CLAT and for other law entrance exams like AILET, SET, LSAT etc.