PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Planning & Economic Development
How does NITI Aayog as a ‘policy think tank with shared vision visualize the reorganization of planning in India? Justify your answer.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
G3} 2015: NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission → not a renaming but a re- imagining of planning’s purpose “policy think tank with shared vision” → planning built with states, not handed down
Body flow
change of role (Maira: allocation of money → persuasion of change) → change of method (shared vision of priorities with states/UTs → village plans aggregated upward → flexible, outcome- & evidence-based, data/indices/monitoring) → change of paradigm (Chimhowu: classical top- down → negotiation-based; NITI moves to second) → Mathew: name change →
Counter-view
mind change
Conclusion routes
Balveer Arora: “imperfect clone” → federal bargaining reform incomplete → reorganisation real in design, partial in practice G3 reorganisation = shift of role + method: allocator → persuader, command → Shared vision paradigm genuinely reorganised, though fully cooperative planning still unfinished
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
