NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog

The NITI Aayog comprises the following:

1.  Prime Minister of India as the Chairperson

2.  A Governing Council composed of Chief Ministers of all the States and Union territories with Legislatures and lieutenant governors of other Union Territories.

3.  Regional Councils composed of Chief Ministers of States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories in the region to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one state or a region.

4.  Full-time organizational framework composed of a Vice-Chairperson, three full-time members, two part-time members (from leading universities, research organizations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity), four ex-officio members of the Union Council of Ministers, a Chief Executive Officer (with the rank of Secretary to the Government of India) who looks after administration, and a secretariat.

5.  Experts and specialists in various fields ^[2]

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Chairperson, the committee consists of

1.  Vice Chairperson: Arvind Panagariya ^[3]

2.  Ex-Officio Members: Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh

3.  Special Invitees: Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot

4.  Full-time Members: Bibek Debroy (Economist),^[4] V. K. Saraswat (former DRDOChief) and Ramesh Chand (Agriculture Expert)^[5]

5.  Chief Executive Officer:Amitabh Kant^[6]

Governing Council: All Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of States and Union Territories