The Narendra Modi-led NDA government
restructured the NITI Aayog on July 16, with four full-time members and 15
Union Ministers, including those from BJP allies, as either ex-officio
members or special invitees.
NITI Aayog, which stands for the National
Institution for Transforming India, was created in 2015 after the Modi
government decided to replace the 65-year-old Planning Commission.
“NITI Aayog is committed to a vision of holistic
development and innovation, and it is on a journey of transformative
initiatives that promise to redefine India’s future,” the Aayog stated in a Facebook post.
The government restructured NITI Aayog following changes
in the Council of Ministers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the chairperson, and economist
Suman K. Bery will continue as the vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog, as
stated in an official notification. The full-time members of NITI Aayog are scientist
V.K. Saraswat, agricultural economist Ramesh Chand, paediatrician V.K. Paul,
and macro-economist Arvind Virmani.
The ex-officio members include Union Ministers
Rajnath Singh (Defence), Amit Shah (Home), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Agriculture),
and Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance).
According to the notification, the Prime Minister
has approved the revised structure of NITI Aayog. The special invitees in the
reconstituted NITI Aayog are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari (Road
Transport and Highways), Jagat Prakash Nadda (Health), H.D.
Kumaraswamy (Heavy Industries and Steel), Jitan Ram Manjhi (Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises), and Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan
Singh (Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying).
Other special invitees include Union Ministers Virendra
Kumar (Social Justice and Empowerment), Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
(Civil Aviation), Jual Oram (Tribal Affairs), Annpurna Devi (Women and
Child Development), Chirag Paswan (Food Processing Industries), and Rao
Inderjit Singh (Statistics and Programme Implementation).
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