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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of different States and Union Territories and officials during the 8th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, in Delhi on May 27, 2023.
The central government announced the new team of NITI Aayog on Tuesday (July 16). Apart from four full-time members, 15 Union ministers from BJP and NDA allies have been included as ex-officio members or special invitees.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a notification related to this late on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain the chairman of the commission and economist Suman K Beri will remain the vice-chairman. Apart from this, scientist VK Saraswat, agriculture economist Ramesh Chand, pediatrician VK Paul and macro-economist Arvind Virmani will remain full-time members.
The notification said that PM Modi has approved the revised structure of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog).
Names of 15 Union Ministers included in NITI Aayog
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be the four ex-officio members. Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Health Minister JP Nadda, Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy and MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi have been made special invitee members in NITI Aayog.
Lallan Singh-Chirag Paswan also got a place
Apart from these, the specially invited members include Panchayati Raj Minister Lallan Singh, Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Women and Child Welfare Minister Annapurna Devi, Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan and Minister of State with Independent Charge Rao Indrajit Singh.
Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur, who were included in the commission last year, have not been made members of the commission this year.
What is NITI Aayog?
The National Institution for Transforming India is known as NITI Aayog. It is a policy think tank of the Government of India, which gives information about the work and policies of the government. The Modi government at the Center formed NITI Aayog in 2015 in place of the 65-year-old Planning Commission. The Planning Commission used to make plans related to the development of the country.
NITI Aayog plays an important role in formulating strategies for the government’s long-term policies and programs. The chairman of the commission is the Prime Minister. Apart from the chairman, there is a vice-chairman and an executive officer. They are appointed by the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Modi chaired the first meeting of NITI Aayog on 8 February 2015.
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