• Restructured by the Central Government on July 16.
• Includes senior ministers from the NDA coalition.
• PM Narendra Modi remains as Chair, with Suman Berry as Vice-Chair.

New Members:

• Full-time members: Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Prof. Ramesh Chand, Dr. V.K. Paul, and Arvind Virmani.
• Special invitees: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and others.

• Earlier, NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission on January 1, 2015.
• Aims for minimum government, maximum governance.
• Known as National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog).

Functions:

• Acts as India’s premier public policy think tank.
• Initiatives include 15-year roadmaps, 7-year visions, AMRUT, Digital India, Atal Innovation Mission, healthcare and agricultural reforms.