New Role:
FUNCTIONS OF NITI
As Indian nationhood has matured and deepened, we have embraced a greater measure of
pluralism and decentralization. This necessitates a paradigm shift in how the Central government
approaches governments at the State as well as local levels. They must be made equal partners in
national development. Their developmental needs and aspirations understood as well as
supported. And their varied local realities incorporated into national policies and programs, with
the required flexibility. Actualizing this principle of
Team India
, NITI Aayog will:
1.
Cooperative and Competitive Federalism:
Be the primary platform for operationalizing
Cooperative Federalism; enabling States to have active participation in the formulation of
national policy, as well as achieving time-bound implementation of quantitative and
qualitative targets through the combined authority of the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers.
This will be by means of systematic and structured interactions between the Union and State
Governments, to better understand developmental issues, as well as forge a consensus on
strategies and implementation mechanisms. The above would mark the replacement of the
one-way flow of policy from centre-to-state, with a genuine and continuing Centre-State
partnership.
This Cooperation would be further enhanced by the vibrancy of Competitive Federalism; with
the Centre competing with the States and vice versa, and the States competing with each
other, in the joint pursuit of national development.
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