Question

What are the functions of NITI Aayog?

Answer 1

Functions of NITI Aayog:

(1) Cooperative and Competitive Federalism:

• To enable the States to have active participation in the formulation of national policy.

(2) Shared National Agenda:

• To evolve a shared vision of national development priorities and strategies with the active involvement of States.

(3) Decentralized Planning:

• To restructure the planning process into a bottom-up model.

(4) Vision and Scenario Planning:

• To design medium and long–term strategic frameworks towards India’s future.

(5) Network of Expertise:

• To mainstream external ideas and expertise into government policies and programmes through collective participation.

(6) Harmonization:

• To facilitate harmonization of actions across different layers of government, especially when involving cross-cutting and overlapping issues across multiple sectors; through communication, coordination,
  collaboration and convergence amongst all the stakeholders.

(7) Conflict Resolution:

• To provide a platform for mutual consensus to inter-sectoral, interdepartmental, interstate as well as centre-state issues for all speedy execution of the government programmes.

(8) Coordinating Interface with the World:

• It will act nodal point to harness global expertise and resources coming from International organizations for India’s developmental process.

(9) Internal Consultancy:

• It provides internal consultancy to Central and State governments on policy and programmes.

(10) Capacity Building:

• It enables to provide capacity building and technology up-gradation across government, benchmarking with latest global trends and providing managerial and technical know-how.

(11) Monitoring and Evaluation:

• It will monitor the implementation of policies and programmes and evaluate the impacts.