Mahatma Gandhi had said:
"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to
maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position"
. Keeping true to this
principle our institutions of governance and policy must evolve with the changing dynamics of the new India,
while remaining true to the founding principles of the Constitution of India, and
rooted in our
Bharatiyata
or
wisdom of our civilizational history and ethos.
NITI Aayog
(National Institution for Transforming India) is to be the institution to give life to these
aspirations. It is being formed based on extensive consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders,
including inter alia state governments, relevant institutions, domain experts and the people at large.
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