Mechanism:
STRUCTURE OF NITI
NITI Aayog will be a lean organisation, modelled as a network of expertise; focusing on functionality,
flexibility and domain knowledge.
NITI Aayog will comprise:
Chairperson:
Prime Minister of India
Governing Council:
comprising the Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of
Union Territories.
Regional Councils:
will be formed to address specific issues and contingencies impacting
more than one state or region. Strategy and Planning in the NITI Aayog will be anchored from
State-level; with Regional Councils convened by the Prime Minister for identified priority
domains, put under the joint leadership of related sub-groups of States (grouped around
commonalities which could be geographic, economic, social or otherwise) and Central
Ministries. Regional Councils will:
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Have specified tenures, with the mandate to evolve strategy and oversee
implementation.
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Be jointly headed by one of the group Chief Ministers (on a rotational basis or otherwise)
and a corresponding Central Minister.
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Include the sectoral Central Ministers and Secretaries concerned, as well as State
Ministers and Secretaries.
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