{"id":1362,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-does-niti-aayog-as-a-policy-think-tank-with-shared-vision-upsc-psir-2023-2309\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:24","slug":"how-does-niti-aayog-as-a-policy-think-tank-with-shared-vision-upsc-psir-2023-2309","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-does-niti-aayog-as-a-policy-think-tank-with-shared-vision-upsc-psir-2023-2309\/","title":{"rendered":"How does NITI Aayog as a \u2018policy think tank with shared vision visualize the reorganization of planning in India? Justify your answer."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">G3} 2015: NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission \u2192 not a renaming but a re- imagining of planning\u2019s purpose \u201cpolicy think tank with shared vision\u201d \u2192 planning built with states, not handed down<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">change of role (Maira: allocation of money \u2192 persuasion of change) \u2192 change of method (shared vision of priorities with states\/UTs \u2192 village plans aggregated upward \u2192 flexible, outcome- &amp; evidence-based, data\/indices\/monitoring) \u2192 change of paradigm (Chimhowu: classical top- down \u2192 negotiation-based; NITI moves to second) \u2192 Mathew: name change \u2192<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">mind change<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Balveer Arora: \u201cimperfect clone\u201d \u2192 federal bargaining reform incomplete \u2192 reorganisation real in design, partial in practice G3 reorganisation = shift of role + method: allocator \u2192 persuader, command \u2192 Shared vision paradigm genuinely reorganised, though fully cooperative planning still unfinished<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[64],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1362","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-planning-and-economic-development","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1362\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}