What is NITI Aayog?

NITI Aayog, a premier policy think tank of the Government of India established on January 1, 2015. NITI stands for National Institution for Transforming India, and Aayog means commission in Hindi. It replaced the erstwhile planning commission set up in 1950.

Attached Bodies

• NILERD – National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development, a central autonomous organization set up in 1962 attached to NITI Aayog. The functions of this Institution include research and data collection concerning all major aspects of development, education and training in all aspects of human resource development, monitoring and evaluation.
• DMEO – The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office was set up in 2015 as an attached office of the NITI Aayog by merging the erstwhile Programme Evaluation Organization and the Independent Evaluation Office. Its function is to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programs and initiatives of the Government of India.