NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission, which was
established in 1950, will be called 'Neeti Ayog' in its new avatar, months
after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that it will replaced by a new
body.
The decision comes nearly three weeks after
Modi held consultations with chief ministers at a meeting where most favoured
restructuring of the Socialist-era body but some Congress Chief Ministers
opposed disbanding of the existing set-up.
Modi had announced in his Independence Day
speech that the Planning Commission would be replaced by a new body which is in
sync with the contemporary economic world.
While addressing the Chief Ministers on December 7, he had invoked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had said on April 30 last year that the current structure has "no futuristic vision in the post-reform period".
While addressing the Chief Ministers on December 7, he had invoked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had said on April 30 last year that the current structure has "no futuristic vision in the post-reform period".
He had pushed for an effective structure which
strengthens "cooperative federalism" and the concept of "Team
India".
There were indications that the new structure
will have the Prime Minister, some Cabinet ministers and some chief ministers
along with technocrats and experts in various fields.
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