The correct answer is Prime minister.
Key Points
- Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairman of the NITI Aayog in India.
- NITI Aayog is an executive body, that was established by the government in 2015, through an executive resolution.
- The newly created body replaced the erstwhile planning body- the Planning Commission of India.
- The term NITI stands for National Institution for Transforming India.
- NITI Aayog is a think tank that advises the government in policy formulation, unlike the Planning commission which was empowered to allocate and distribute funds for the planning.
- NITI Aayog's main focus areas are cooperative & competitive federalism, decentralized planning, scenario planning, capacity building, etc.
Additional Information
- Full-Time Organisational Framework:
- Chairman: Prime Minister
- Vice Chairperson: Rajiv Kumar
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)- Shri Amitabh Kant
- Full-Time members- Shri VK Saraswat (former DRDO Chief), Prof. Ramesh Chand (Agriculture Expert), and Dr. VK Paul (Public Health expert)
- Ex-officio members: maximum 4
- Special Invitees: Experts and practitioners as appointed by the Prime Minister.
