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Monday, January 5, 2015

Arvind Panagariya Appointed Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Monday Jan 05,2015

 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday Jan 05,2015 named Columbia University economist Arvind Panagariya as vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog, the think-tank that has replaced the Planning Commission.

Two full-time members were also appointed -
  • Bibek Debroy(Economist ) and
  • V.K. Saraswat(Former Secretary, Defence R&D)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chairman of the panel

The ex-officio members of the panel are  -
  • Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
  • Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
  • Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and 
  • Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh 

The special invitees to the panel are -
  • Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari
  • Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot and 
  • HRD Minister Smriti Irani.

NITI Aayog came into existence on January 1,2015





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