The National Institute for Transformation of India (NITI) Aayog was formally launched on 8 February with the first meeting of its Governing Council (GC). The GC effectively replaces the National Development Council, and is made up of all the chief ministers, relevant ministers from the Central Cabinet, vice-chairman and members of the NITI Aayog and presided over by the Prime Minister. In its composition, therefore, the NITI Aayog reflects its predecessor, the Planning Commission. The difference from the past could well be in the exhortation by its Chairman, the Prime Minister, for it to work as Team India and. . .
