niti aayog
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NITI AAYOG
GROUP MEMBERS
• KISHAN KUMAR
• RAVI JAISWAL
• ANJALI RANA
• ANURAG YADAV
CONTENTS
• PLANNING COMMISSION.
• ABOUT NITI AAYOG
• NITI AAYOG STRUCTURE/MEMBERS.
• OBJECTIVE
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANNING COMMISSION AND NITI AAYOG.
• CHALLENGES OF NITI AAYOG.
• CRITICISM/ANTI-ARGUMENTS
PLANNING COMMISSION
• THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS AN INSTITUTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, WHICH FORMULATED INDIA'S FIVE-YEAR PLANS. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH 1950 AND JAWAHARLAL NEHRU WAS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
• IT WAS FORMED WITH AIM OF MAKING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MATERIAL, CAPITAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY.
• TO PROMOTE A RAPID RISE IN THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE PEOPLE BY EFFICIENT EXPLOITATION OF THE RESOURCES AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY.
• TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA AAYOG (NITI
AAYOG)• IT IS A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA POLICY THINK-TANK ESTABLISHED BY PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI ON 1 JANUARY 2015, 9 MONTHS AGO AFTER HIS HAVING DISSOLVED THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
• THE STATED AIM OF NITI AAYOG'S CREATION IS TO FOSTER INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING PROCESS BY STATE GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA, A "BOTTOM-UP" APPROACH IN CONTRAST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TRADITION OF "TOP-DOWN" DECISION-MAKING.
• A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH AUTHORITY ENTRUSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORMULATE OR REGULATE POLICIES CONCERNING TRANSFORMING INDIA.
• IT IS A COMMISSION TO HELP GOVERNMENT IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES.
• ALSO IT'S AN INSTITUTE OF THINK TANK WITH EXPERTS IN IT.
• THE NITI AAYOG WILL CREATE A KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.
• IT ALSO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND STRATEGIC INPUTS IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND UPGRADATION OF TECHNOLOGY.
• IT WILL ALSO SEEK TO PUT AN END TO SLOW AND TARDY IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.
• CHAIRPERSON: PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
• CEO: SINDHUSHREE KHULLAR (IAS)
• VICE CHAIRPERSON: ARVIND PANAGARIYA
• EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: RAJNATH SINGH, ARUN JAITLEY, SURESH PRABHU AND RADHA MOHAN SINGH
• SPECIAL INVITEES: NITIN GADKARI, SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI AND THAWAR CHAND GEHLOT
• FULL-TIME MEMBERS: BIBEK DEBROY, V. K. SARASWAT AND RAMESH CHAND
• GOVERNING COUNCIL: ALL CHIEF MINISTERS AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
NITI AAYOG: STRUCTURE, MEMBERSHIP
OBJECTIVE AND OPPORTUNITIES OF NITI AAYOG
• TO CREATE A VISION AND PLAN OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STATES.
• TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM BY ENGAGING THE STATES ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS TO MAKE A STRONG NATION.
• THE INTERESTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY ARE TO BE CONSIDERED IN ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND POLICY.
• TO DESIGN LONG-TERM PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND MONITOR THEIR PROGRESS. HERE, TIME TO TIME MONITORING AND FEEDBACK WILL BECOME THE BASIS FOR MAKING THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS AND CORRECTIONS.
• TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS, THINK TANKS, EDUCATIONAL AND POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
• TO CREATE AN INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEUR AND KNOWLEDGE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
• TO OFFER A COMMON PLATFORM FOR SOLVING ANY KIND OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL OR SECTORAL ISSUES TO SPEED UP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
• TO FOCUS ON UP-GRADATION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMES AND INITIATIVES.
• TO UNDERTAKE VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND OTHER
OBJECTIVES.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NITI AAYOG AND PLANNING COMMISSION
FINANCIAL CLOUT
• NITI AAYOG – TO BE AN ADVISORY BODY, OR A THINK-TANK. THE POWERS TO ALLOCATE FUND VESTED IN THE FINANCE MINISTRY.
• PLANNING COMMISSION – ENJOYED THE POWERS TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO MINISTRIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
FULL-TIME MEMBERS
• NITI AAYOG – TWO FULL-TIME MEMBERS.
• PLANNING COMMISSION – HAD EIGHT FULL-TIME MEMBERS
STATES' ROLE
• NITI AAYOG – INCLUDES THE CHIEF MINISTERS OF ALL STATES AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF ALL UNION TERRITORIES IN ITS GOVERNING COUNCIL, DEVOLVING MORE POWER TO THE STATES OF THE UNION.
• PLANNING COMMISSION – STATES' ROLE WAS LIMITED TO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND ANNUAL INTERACTION DURING PLAN MEETINGS
MEMBER SECRETARY
• NITI AAYOG – TO BE KNOWN AS THE CEO AND TO BE APPOINTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER
• PLANNING COMMISSION – SECRETARIES OR MEMBER SECRETARIES WERE APPOINTED THROUGH THE USUAL PROCESS.
• PARTICIPATION
• NITI AAYOG- CONSULTING STATES WHILE MAKING POLICY AND DECIDING ON FUNDS ALLOCATION. FINAL POLICY WOULD BE A RESULT OF THAT.
• PLANNING COMMISSION- POLICY WAS FORMED BY THE COMMISSION AND STATES WERE THEN CONSULTED ABOUT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
ALLOCATION
• NITI AAYOG- NO POWER TO ALLOCATE FUNDS
• PLANNING COMMISSION- HAD POWER TO DECIDE ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AT NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS.
NATURE
• NITI AAYOG- NITI IS A THINK-TANK AND DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO IMPOSE POLICIES.
• PLANNING COMMISSION- IMPOSED POLICIES ON STATES AND TIED ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WITH PROJECTS IT APPROVED.
CHALLENGES OF NITI AAYOG
• LEVERAGING OF INDIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND, AND REALIZATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH, MEN AND WOMEN, THROUGH EDUCATION, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, ELIMINATION OF GENDER BIAS, AND EMPLOYMENT.
• ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, AND THE CHANCE FOR EVERY INDIAN TO LIVE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT.
• REDDRESSAL OF INEQUALITIES BASED ON GENDER BIAS, CASTE AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES.
• INTEGRATE VILLAGES INSTITUTIONALLY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• POLICY SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 50 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT CREATION
• SAFEGUARDING OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASSETS.
CRITICISM/ANTI-ARGUMENTS
• NITI AAYOG’ WAS CRITICISED BY OPPOSITION PARTIES OF INDIA.
• FROM UNION TERRITORY ONLY LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS INVITED. CM OF DELHI AND PUDUCHERRY CAN’T PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNING COUNCIL.
• NITI AAYOG SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH A LEGAL/CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. THERE SHOULD BE A PERSPECTIVE PLAN SPANNING FOR 15 TO 20 YEARS. OTHERWISE, WHAT IF ANOTHER PARTY COMES INTO POWER.
• PLANNING COMMISSION USED TO MONITOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATES, SUB-PLANS FOR WOMEN, SC AND ST. NITI AAYOG DOESN’T SAY HOW THEY’LL DO IT.
• AT PRESENT WE’VE 60+ CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES. MODI AIMS TO COMBINE THEM INTO JUST 10 SCHEMES. THUS, POOR AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WILL SUFFER.