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- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister has approved the appointment of former IAS officer BVR Subrahmanyam as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog.
- He will replace Parameswaran Iyer, who has been selected as the Executive Director of the World Bank.
- Subrahmanyam belongs to Andhra Pradesh, between 2004 and 2008, he worked as the private secretary to then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- In 2018, he was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and during his tenure, the state’s special status was scrapped and it was divided into two union territories.
- He later became the Commerce Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
NITI Aayoy
- Planning Commission Inspired by the USSR/Soviet Model, Prime Minister established a Planning Commission in 1950 to design the five-year Plans for India.
- In 2015, it was replaced by a new organisation named National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)
- Promote Cooperative Federalism
- Governing Council of NITI Aayog has Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories and State Chief Ministers.
- NITI Aayog Constituted a Committee of State Chief Ministers to examine important issues.
- Promote Competitive Federalism
- NITI Aayog has Prepared online dashboards to rank the States on various indicators of development Such as;
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index.
- Health Index.
- School Education Quality Index.
- Digital Transformation Index.
- Launched Aspirational District Programs for monitoring the progress of backward districts.
- NITI Aayog has Prepared online dashboards to rank the States on various indicators of development Such as;
- NITI Aayog has not been given the mandate or Powers to impose Policies on States.
- NITI Aayog is a think tank or an advisory body.
- The Powers for the allocation of funds has not been given to the NITI Aayog. The Powers are with the Finance Ministry.
- As a ‘think-tank’, Niti Aayog has helped the government In framing various Policies on;
- Clean energy
- Methanol based economy
- Infrastructure, human development etc.
- The model acts on agricultural land leasing, livestock Selling etc.
- NITI Aayog regularly organizes Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences.
- NITI initiated Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to help Startups. NITI is developing the National Program on Artificial Intelligence.
- NITI’s approach is modernised, forward-looking, and less bureaucratic; NITI Aayog is playing an important role as a think tank for Economic growth, Human development and Good governance in India.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/who-is-bvr-subrahmanyam-the-new-niti-aayog-ceo-8456814/