New Delhi. The meeting of NITI Aayog will be held on Saturday at Sanskriti Bhavan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair this meeting. Chief Ministers of all the states of the country will attend this meeting, but the opposition has boycotted this meeting of 2024 and has announced not to participate in it. Apart from this meeting, we will talk about what is NITI Aayog, who are its members, what is the work of NITI Aayog and since when has NITI Aayog been working.
NITI Aayog was brought in place of the ‘Planning Commission’, which was formed in 1950 after independence, for the long-term implementation of the policies of the central government for the development of the country. After the Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power in 2014, NITI Aayog was formed on 1 January 2015. It is considered the think-tank of the Government of India. NITI Aayog works to achieve the country’s sustainable development goals as well as monitor them. It has the dual responsibility of promoting competitive and cooperative federalism among the states and union territories of the central government. It also determines the contribution of the states in the development of the country.
Why was Niti Aayog formed?
According to the website of the Indian government, keeping in mind the changing times, it was decided to replace the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India). Before the formation of NITI Aayog, extensive consultations were held with Chief Ministers, experts, economists and the general public through MyGov.
How does Niti Aayog work?
Niti Aayog, known as the think tank of the central government, works on three time periods. The central government has set a time period from the implementation of its plans to their review. The first one is 3 years, the second one is 7 years- mid term strategy term and the third one is 15 years- vision document term.
Member
The Prime Minister is its ex-officio chairman while the heads of all states and union territories (Chief Ministers and Rulers/Lieutenants) are members of the Governing Council. Suman Beri At the same time, the Prime Minister selects its 4 full-time members. PM Narendra Modi is its chairman and Suman Beri is its vice-chairman. Its permanent members are V.K. Saraswat (former DRDO chief), Ramesh Chand (agriculture expert), V.K. Paul (public health expert) and Arvind Virmani (economist). Its ex-officio members are Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It also has invited members.
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What will be the focus in the 2024 meeting?
The focus of the Niti Aayog meeting will be on achieving the goal of a developed India by 2047. The contribution of the state will be discussed in this. These eight things will be given special attention in this meeting.
- Water
- Electricity
- land
- Education: especially its availability and quality
- Digitization and registration of preports
- Cyber security
- Emphasis on the use of AI in government offices
- Apart from this, there is a possibility of discussion in this meeting on the proper implementation of the schemes and employment opportunities provided by the Centre.
Chief Ministers of many states, especially Congress-ruled states, have boycotted this meeting. The states that have decided not to attend this meeting are Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and others. At the same time, Mamata (Bengal CM) will attend the meeting, dodging the India Block. At the same time, all the Chief Ministers of North East have reached Delhi to take part in this meeting.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 27, 2024, 10:43 IST