New Delhi: The name of Planning Commission had been changed on Thursday to “Neeti Ayog” (Policy Commission). The decision had been made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government.
The Proposal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to replace the Planning Commission with a new institution got a boost with all the 18 non-Congress chief ministers including those from UP and Tamil Nadu supporting the idea.
Reports claimed that the decision to rename the Plan Panel was taken at Cabinet meeting on Monday. The new body will comprise the office of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the inter-state councils and Programme Evaluation. An official announcement to this effect is likely to be made later today.
Notify that PM Modi in his speech on Independence Day of 2014 announced to replace Planning Commission with a new body.
The Planning Commission had suggested to a group chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that its replacement body should be structured to meet the need of changing economic paradigm and comprise sectoral experts and states’ representative.
Bureau Report
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