10 Years of NITI Aayog | 11 Jan 2025

On 1^st January 2025, NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) completed a decade since its establishment on 1st January 2015, replacing the Planning Commission to align with the requirements of a dynamic, market-driven economy. 

• NITI Aayog is an advisory body created through a resolution of the union cabinet (i.e. neither constitutional nor statutory body). 

Key Achievements & Contribution:  

• Shifted focus from financial allocation to policy advisory, promoting decentralized governance. 
• Strengthened competitive and cooperative federalism through data-driven indices like the SDG India Index and Composite Water Management Index. 
• Assisted states in establishing State Institutions of Transformation (SITs) to improve governance and policy implementation. 
• Aspirational Blocks Programme (2023) focused on 500 underdeveloped blocks to achieve 100% coverage of key government schemes. 
• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) trained over one crore students through initiatives like Atal Tinkering Labs and incubation centres to promote innovation and entrepreneurship and expanded innovation ecosystems to regional languages and focuses on tribal and hilly areas. 
• Conceptualized initiatives like e-Mobility, Green Hydrogen, and the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme. 

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