Niti Aayog sets 15-yr timeline to reduce poverty, improve health
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP Threeyear Action Agenda from 2017 being worked out, major changes in agricultural law to help farmers get a fair deal for their produce are on the cards
Sunday saw the Niti Aayog’s governing council – its apex body – meet to thrash out the 15-year vision document that would lay down the roadmap for India’s development.
The Narendra Modi government set up the Niti Aayog in 2015 to replace the Nehru-era Planning Commission as the topmost body to draw up long-term policies for India’s social and economic growth.
Gone are the five year plans of Planning Commission. In its place, the Aayog will set goals for fifteen years, with interim targets at 7 and 3-year marks to keep development plans on track
Here are 5 key changes Niti Aayog has made in the last couple of years: mark in ther s score for refroms in 2016-17. Increasing crop yields to feed 1.23 billion Indians is high on the agenda of the government. A task force, headed by Niti Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya, also suggested ways of raising agricultural productivity and making farming remunerative for farmers.
The panel suggested reforms in land leasing policies, ramping up maintenance of land records and land titles, preparing the country for the second “Green Revolution” in the eastern states, along with addressing farmers’ distress. After the demonetisation of high-value notes in November, Niti Aayog has driven new initiatives to push Indians to go for digital payments.
It has been training officials of various ministries, at the central and state levels alike, to adopt digital modes of transacting. It announced award programmes for businesses and individuals to use cashless transactions.
The Centre allocated ₹50 crore to states for moving 5 crore no-frill Jan Dhan accounts to the digital platform.