NITI Aayog: The Action Tank

NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) replaced the Planning Commission in 2015.

1. Core Functions

• Cooperative Federalism: structured support to states as "Equal Partners."
• Competitive Federalism: ranking states on health, education, and innovation indices.
• Think Tank: strategic policy research and evaluation (DMEO).

2. Key Indices

• SDG India Index: tracking global goal progress.
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): national-level poverty mapping.

3. Conclusion

Success lies in moving from "Top-down" to "Bottom-up-Saturated & Policy-Verified Strategy Saturation."