{"id":365013,"date":"2026-06-12T17:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365013"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:13:22","slug":"niti-aayog-governing-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niti-aayog-governing-council\/","title":{"rendered":"NITI Aayog Governing Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on the theme \u201cInclusive Human Development for Viksit Bharat@2047.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About NITI Aayog Governing Council<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365015\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-365015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-DD-India.jpg?resize=436%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NITI Aayog Governing Council\" width=\"436\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-DD-India.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-DD-India.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-DD-India.jpg?w=1017&amp;ssl=1 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DD India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NITI Aayog Governing Council:<\/strong> It is the <strong>apex body of NITI Aayog<\/strong> that provides a <strong>platform for cooperative federalism and national development discussions. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal Basis<\/strong>: NITI Aayog was <strong>formed through a resolution of the Union Cabinet in January 2015.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Governing Council<\/strong> came into <strong>effect in February 2015 through a notification of the Cabinet Secretariat .<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>reconstituted in February 2021 through another Cabinet Secretariat notification.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives<\/strong>: The Governing Council <strong>aims to evolve a shared vision of national priorities and strategies<\/strong> with the <strong>active involvement of States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Structure &amp; Composition<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chairperson<\/strong>: The <strong>Prime Minister of India<\/strong> serves as the Chairperson of the Governing Council.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members<\/strong>: The Council comprises <strong>Chief Ministers of all States<\/strong>, <strong>Chief Ministers of Union Territories with legislatures<\/strong>, and <strong>Lt. Governors of other Union Territories.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional Members:<\/strong> The Council includes <strong>Ex-Officio Members, the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog, Full-time Members of NITI Aayog, and Special Invitees.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Policy Direction:<\/strong> The Council <strong>sets national priorities, facilitates policy dialogue between the Centre and States,<\/strong> and reviews major policy initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooperative Federalism<\/strong>: The Council provides a structured platform for Centre-State engagement, <strong>resolves federal issues, and promotes innovation and best practices.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitoring and Strategic Planning:<\/strong> The Council <strong>reviews development performance, assesses programme implementation,<\/strong> <strong>discusses long-term goals<\/strong> such as Viksit Bharat@2047, and <strong>aligns State plans with national priorities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on the theme \u201cInclusive Human Development for Viksit Bharat@2047.\u201d About NITI Aayog Governing Council NITI Aayog Governing Council: It is the apex body of NITI Aayog that provides a platform for cooperative federalism and national development discussions. Legal Basis: NITI Aayog was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niti-aayog-governing-council\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NITI Aayog Governing Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-365013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}