Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the
reconstitution of theNational
Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog.
Rajiv
Kumarhas been retained as
theVice
Chairmanof NITI Aayog.
Home Affairs MinisterAmit Shahhas
been appointed as one of theex-officio
membersof the NITI Aayog, along with Defence
MinisterRajnath
Singh, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman, and Agriculture and
Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
VK Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and VK Paul will
continue as members of the NITI Aayog.
Economist Bibek Debroy has been dropped from the
team.
About
NITI Aayog:
Set up in:2015after replacing Planning
Commission
Headquarters: New Delhi
First vice-chairman: Arvind Panagariya
He was replaced by Rajiv Kumar in September
2017.
CEO: Amitabh Kant
Chairman: Narendra Modi
