Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (Hindi: नीति आयोग niti aayog, Policy Commission) is a Government of India policy think-tank established by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his having dissolved the Planning Commission. Pronounced nithi, meaning "policy" in Hindi, the acronym stands for National Institution for Transforming India. "Aayog'" is the Hindi word for "commission".The stated aim of NITI Aayog's creation is to foster involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process by state governments of India, a "bottom-up" approach in contrast to the Planning Commission's tradition of "top-down" decision-making. The Prime Minister heads the Aayog as its chairperson. Thus, while the Planning Commission had no representation for state and Union Territories, the NITI Aayog has.The Union Government of India announced formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015, and the first meeting of NITI Aayog was held on 8 February 2015. "NITI Blogs", which provide public access to articles, field reports and work in progress as well as the published opinions of NITI officials, are available to the public on the Aayog website.There are a couple of things to be considered here.NITI Aayog would therefore mean:• A group of people with authority entrusted by the government to formulate/regulate policies concerning transforming India.• It is a commission to help government in social and economic issues.• Also it's an Institute of think tank with experts in it.India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made the following observation on the necessity of creating NITI Ayog: “The 65-year-old Planning Commission had become a redundant organisation. It was relevant in a command economy structure, but not any longer. India is a diversified country and its states are in various phases of economic development along with their own strengths and weaknesses. In this context, a ‘one size fits all’ approach to economic planning is obsolete. It cannot make India competitive in today’s global economy”"@en }
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- NITI_Aayog abstract "National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (Hindi: नीति आयोग niti aayog, Policy Commission) is a Government of India policy think-tank established by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his having dissolved the Planning Commission. Pronounced nithi, meaning "policy" in Hindi, the acronym stands for National Institution for Transforming India. "Aayog'" is the Hindi word for "commission".The stated aim of NITI Aayog's creation is to foster involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process by state governments of India, a "bottom-up" approach in contrast to the Planning Commission's tradition of "top-down" decision-making. The Prime Minister heads the Aayog as its chairperson. Thus, while the Planning Commission had no representation for state and Union Territories, the NITI Aayog has.The Union Government of India announced formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015, and the first meeting of NITI Aayog was held on 8 February 2015. "NITI Blogs", which provide public access to articles, field reports and work in progress as well as the published opinions of NITI officials, are available to the public on the Aayog website.There are a couple of things to be considered here.NITI Aayog would therefore mean:• A group of people with authority entrusted by the government to formulate/regulate policies concerning transforming India.• It is a commission to help government in social and economic issues.• Also it's an Institute of think tank with experts in it.India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made the following observation on the necessity of creating NITI Ayog: “The 65-year-old Planning Commission had become a redundant organisation. It was relevant in a command economy structure, but not any longer. India is a diversified country and its states are in various phases of economic development along with their own strengths and weaknesses. In this context, a ‘one size fits all’ approach to economic planning is obsolete. It cannot make India competitive in today’s global economy”".