NITI Aayog’s new framework: Official talks with states, Centre in July

The third governing council meeting is also likely to take stock of the decisions taken in the first two meetings that happened last year.

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The second governing council meeting took place in July 2015.

The change in the planning process brought in by Niti Aayog, as per which it will prepare a 15-year vision document, seven-year strategy paper and three-year action plan, is expected to witness its first official discussion with states and the Centre in July when the third meeting of the think tank’s governing council is slated to happen, according to official sources.

The high-level meeting, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will not only appraise the potentialities of the new planning process in presence of state chief ministers, but would also take stock of initiatives taken by Niti Aayog in the last one year. The second governing council meeting took place in July 2015.

According to one of the sources cited above, the Niti Aayog’s vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, at the meeting, will make a presentation on the approach taken by the institution in preparation of the three aforementioned plan documents.

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