All states had Covid fight role, federal structure is a model for world: PM Modi

  • August 8, 2022
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All states had Covid fight role, federal structure is a model for world: PM Modi

Subject :Polity

Section: Federalism

Context:

Speaking at the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting, the Prime Minister also gave credit to state governments which, he said, focused on grassroots delivery of public services to the people through cooperation across political lines.

Composition of NITI Aayog

  • Chairperson: Prime Minister
  • Vice-Chairperson: To be appointed by Prime-Minister
  • Governing Council: Chief Ministers of all states and Lt. Governors of Union Territories.
  • Regional Council: To address specific regional issues, Comprising Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors Chaired by Prime Minister or his nominee.
  • Adhoc Membership: 2 member in ex-officio capacity from leading Research institutions on rotational basis.
  • Ex-Officio membership: Maximum four from Union council of ministers to be nominated by Prime minister.
  • Chief Executive Officer: Appointed by Prime-minister for a fixed tenure, in rank of Secretary to Government of India.
  • Special Invitees: Experts, Specialists with domain knowledge nominated by Prime-minister.

NITI Aayog Hubs

  • Team India Hub acts as interface between States and Centre.
  • Knowledge and Innovation Hub builds the think-tank acumen of NITI Aayog.
  • The Aayog planned to come out with three documents — 3-year action agenda, 7-year medium-term strategy paper and 15-year vision document.

Objectives and Features

  • NITI Aayog is developing itself as a state-of-the-art resource centre with the necessary knowledge and skills that will enable it to act with speed, promote research and innovation, provide strategic policy vision for the government, and deal with contingent issues. It is supported by an attached office, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Organisation (DMEO), a flagship initiative, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and an autonomous body, National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD).

NITI Aayog’s entire gamut of activities can be divided into four main heads:

  1. Policy and Programme Framework
  2. Cooperative Federalism
  3. Monitoring and Evaluation
  4. Think Tank, and Knowledge and Innovation Hub

Major Initiatives of NITI Aayog

  • SDG India Index
  • Composite Water Management Index
  • Atal Innovation Mission
  • SATH Project.
  • Aspirational District Programme
  • School Education Quality Index
  • District Hospital Index
  • Health Index
  • Agriculture Marketing And Farmer Friendly reform Index
  • India Innovation Index
  • Women Transforming India Awards
  • Good Governance Index
  • Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)
  • Strategy for New India at 75
  • ‘Methanol Economy’ programme
  • e-AMRIT Portal
    • E-Amrit is a one-stop destination for all information on electric vehicles—busting myths around the adoption of EVs, their purchase, investment opportunities, policies, subsidies, etc.
    • The portal has been developed and hosted by NITI Aayog under a collaborative knowledge exchange programme with the UK government and as part of the UK–India Joint Roadmap 2030, signed by the Prime Ministers of the two countries.
    • It intends to complement initiatives of the government on raising awareness on EVs and sensitizing consumers on the benefits of switching to electric vehicles.
All states had Covid fight role Polity