The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has initiated the mid-term appraisal process of the 12th Five Year Plan. In a release, the highest planning body said that NITI Aayog has initiated the process of undertaking the mid-term appraisal of the 12th Plan and this opportunity is also being used to weave in the national development agenda discussed in the meeting of the Governing Council for its suitable implementation in the remaining two years of the 12th Plan.
NITI Aayog completed 100 days and said it is working like a “directional and policy dynamo” of the government in liaising with the states while fostering the spirit of cooperative federalism. Under instruction from the PM to explain what it has achieved since inception three months ago, the body said two task forces have been formed in order to tackle the crucial subjects of agriculture development and elimination of poverty under the leadership of economist and NITI vice chairman Arvind Panagariya. NITI Aayog said the last three months have been “tremendous” in the role of its inception as a think thank of the government.
NITI Aayog, which has replaced the erstwhile 50 years old Planning Commission, is being led by the noted economist Arvind Panagariya as its vice chairman, while Bibek Debroy and V K Saraswat are the full-time members of the institution and Sindhushree Khullar is the Chief Executive Officer.