Centre reconstitutes NITI Aayog, adds NDA leaders in team

The Narendra Modi-led central government on Tuesday reconstituted NITI Aayog, adding new members, including leaders from the NDA.

While the prime minister remains the chairperson of the Aayog, there are no changes in the post of Vice Chairman and other full-time members.

The changes to the membership in the government think tank come after approval from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Here’s the complete list of the rejigged NITI Aayog:

New ex-officio members-

• Amit Shah

• Rajnath Singh

• JP Nadda

• Nirmala Sitharaman

Special invitees-

• Nitin Gadkari (Road Transport and Highways)

• Jagat Prakash Nadda (Health)

• H D Kumaraswamy (Heavy Industries and Steel)

• Jitan Ram Manjhi (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)

• Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh (Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying)

• Virendra Kumar (Social Justice and Empowerment)

• Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu (Civil Aviation)

• Jual Oram (Tribal Affairs), Annpurna Devi (Women and Child Development)

• Chirag Paswan (Food Processing Industries)

• Rao Inderjit Singh (Statistics and Programme Implementation)

National Institution for Transforming India, better known as ‘NITI Aayog’, was constituted in 2015 when the Modi government chose to scrap the 65-year-old Planning Commission.

“Embracing a vision for holistic development and innovation, NITI Aayog is on a journey of transformative initiatives that promise to redefine India’s future,” the Aayog said in a Facebook post.

The government has reconstituted the NITI Aayog following changes in the council of ministers.

With inputs from agencies