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  1. Finance Commission
  2. UPSC
  3. NITI Aayog
  4. Election Commission
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Option 3 : NITI Aayog

The correct answer is NITI Aayog.

  • National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)
  • It is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, to replace the Planning Commission.
  • NITI Aayog is an advisory body, not created by any law of parliament. Hence, it is Neither a constitutional Nor Statutory Body. 
  • Aim & Objective of NITI Aayog
  • To foster cooperative federalism through structured support initiatives and mechanisms with the States on a continuous basis, recognizing that strong States make a strong nation
  • NITI Aayog’s entire activities can be divided into four main heads:
  • Design Policy & Programme Framework
  • Foster Cooperative Federalism
  • Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Think Tank and Knowledge & Innovation Hub
  • Composition
Chairperson Prime Minister of India
Vice-Chairperson Suman Berry
Full-Time Members
  • Shri V.K. Saraswat
  • Prof. Ramesh Chand
  • Dr V. K. Paul
Ex-officio Members
  1. Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence
  2. Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
  3. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
  4. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Special Invitees
  1. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  2. ShriThaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  3. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry
  4. Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.
Chief Executive Officer
  • Parameswaran Iyer 

Governing Council

  • The Prime Minister as Chairperson of the NITI Aayog hereby constitutes the Governing Council with the following composition:
    • Chairperson: Prime Minister of India
    • Ex officio Members, NITI Aayog
    • Vice-Chairperson, NITI Aayog
    • Full-time Members, NITI Aayog
    • Chief Minister of all State & UT(s) & L-G
NITI Aayog Planning Commission
No power to impose policies on the state. It is basically a think -tank or an advisory body It had the power to impose policies on the state.
No power to allocate funds, fund allocation lies with Finance Commission It had the power to allocate funds at the National and State levels
Under NITI Aayog, the state governments have to play a more proactive role The state government did not have much role to play under the planning commission, state role was confined to the National Development Council.
Bottom to Top approach Top to Bottom approach
  • What are constitutional body: In India, a constitutional body is a body or institute established by the Constitution of India.
  • What is a statutory body: Statutory bodies are established by acts that Parliament and State Legislature can pass. A statutory body is an organisation of government which is not demarcated in the Constitution of India but gets its power, service rules, and authority by an act of parliament or state legislature.
  • Statutory Body
Statutory Body Chairman
National Human Rights Commission H.L.Dattu
National Commission for Women Ms Rekha Sharma
National Commission for Minorities Shri Ghayorul Hasan
National Green Tribunal Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel

Constitutional Body

Constitutional Body Article Chairman
Election Commission Article 324 Mr.Sunil Arora(23rd)
Union Public Service Commission Article 315 - 323 Mr.Pradeep Kumar Joshi
Finance Commission Article -280 Mr.Nand Kishore Singh(15th)
Comptroller and Auditor General of India  Article - 148  Mr.Girish Chandra Murmu
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