Mechanism: STRUCTURE OF NITI
NITI Aayog will be a lean organisation, modelled as a network of expertise; focusing on functionality, flexibility and domain knowledge.
NITI Aayog will comprise:
- Chairperson: Prime Minister of India
- Governing Council: comprising the Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories.
- Regional Councils: will be formed to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one state or region. Strategy and Planning in the NITI Aayog will be anchored from State-level; with Regional Councils convened by the Prime Minister for identified priority domains, put under the joint leadership of related sub-groups of States (grouped around commonalities which could be geographic, economic, social or otherwise) and Central Ministries. Regional Councils will:
● Have specified tenures, with the mandate to evolve strategy and oversee implementation.
● Be jointly headed by one of the group Chief Ministers (on a rotational basis or otherwise) and a corresponding Central Minister.
● Include the sectoral Central Ministers and Secretaries concerned, as well as State Ministers and Secretaries.
● Be linked with corresponding domain experts and academic institutions.
● Have a dedicated support cell in the NITI Aayog Secretariat.
States would thus be empowered to drive the national agenda. As a consequence, deliberation would be more grass-roots informed, and recommendations would have more ownership, given their joint formulation.
- Special Invitees: experts, specialists and practitioners with relevant domain knowledge as special invitees nominated by the Prime Minister.
- Full-time Organisational Framework: will comprise of, in addition to the Prime Minister as the Chairperson:
● Vice-Chairperson: to be appointed by the Prime Minister.
● Members: full-time.
● Part-time Members: maximum of 2, from leading universities, research organisations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity. Part time members will be on a rotational.
● Ex-Officio Members: maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
● Chief Executive Officer: to be appointed by the Prime Minister for a fixed tenure, in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.
● Secretariat: as deemed necessary.
NITI Aayog will also house a number of specialised Wings, including:
- Research Wing that will develop in-house sectoral expertise as a dedicated think tank of top notch domain experts, specialists and scholars.
- Consultancy Wing that will provide a market-place of whetted panels of expertise and funding, for Central and State Governments to tap into; matching their requirements with solution providers, public and private, national and international. By playing match-maker instead of providing the entire service itself, NITI Aayog will be able to focus its resources on priority matters, providing guidance and an overall quality check to the rest.
- Team India Wing comprising representatives from every State and Ministry, will serve as a permanent platform for national collaboration. Each representative will:
● Ensure every State/Ministry has a continuous voice and stake in the NITI Aayog.
● Establish a direct communication channel between the State / Ministry and NITI Aayog for all development related matters, as the dedicated liaison interface.
A national Hub-Spoke institutional model will be developed, with each State and Ministry encouraged to build dedicated mirror institutions, serving as the interface of interaction. These institutions, in turn, will nurture their own networks of expertise at State and Ministry level.
NITI Aayog will function in close cooperation, consultation and coordination with the Ministries of the Central Government, and State governments. While it will make recommendations to the Central and State Governments, the responsibility for taking and implementing decisions will rest with them.
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