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.
Route 1 2015: NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission → not a renaming but a re-imagining of planning’s purpose
Route 2 “policy think tank with shared vision” → planning built with states, not handed down
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 → mind change
Balveer Arora: “imperfect clone” → federal bargaining reform incomplete → reorganisation real in design, partial in practice
Route 1 reorganisation = shift of role + method: allocator → persuader, command → shared vision
Route 2 paradigm genuinely reorganised, though fully cooperative planning still unfinished
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
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- The legacy of the Planning Commission still has a bearing on India’s development policies. Discuss.
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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