An increasingly mature Indian population has steadily increased the focus on, and demand for,
actual delivery and results. To keep up with such enhanced aspirations, NITI Aayog’s mandate will
have to go beyond mere planning and strategizing, to facilitating
Implementation
of the
development agenda as well. This would involve making implementation central to the planning
process, through an emphasis on tangible outcomes, realistic targets, strict time lines and robust
monitoring and evaluation - a transition from the isolated conceptualisation of merely ‘planning’,
to ‘planning for Implementation’. Niti Aayog will also act as a catalyst to the government machinery
at large; filling gaps, enhancing capabilities and de-clogging bottlenecks, as and where required:
6.
Domain Strategies:
Build a repository of specialized domain expertise, both sectoral and
cross-sectoral; to assist Ministries of the Central and State governments in their respective
development planning as well problem solving needs. This will especially enable the imbibing
of good governance best practices, both national as well as international; especially with
regards to structural reform.
7.
Sounding Board:
Be an in-house sounding board whetting and refining government positions,
through objective criticisms and comprehensive counter-views.
8.
Network of Expertise:
Main-stream external ideas and expertise into government policies
and programmes through a collaborative community of national and international experts,
practitioners and other partners. This would entail being Government’s link to the outside
world, roping in academia (universities, think tanks and research institutions), private sector
expertise, and the people at large, for close involvement in the policy making process. As is said
in the Rigveda-
^vk uks Hkæk% Øroks ;Urq fo’or%*
, or, let us welcome noble thoughts flowing in
from all directions.
9.
Knowledge and Innovation hub:
Be an accumulator as well as disseminator of research and
best practices on good governance, through a state-of-the-art Resource Centre which
identifies, analyses, shares and facilitates replication of the same.
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