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    272: Goodbye Planning, Welcome NITI

    Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economics), ISAS

    7 January 2015

    From 1 January 2015, the 'Yojana Bhavan' on the busy Parliament Street (Sansad Marg) in Central Delhi sports a new name: NITI Aayog (Commission). This follows the official notification of the Government of India replacing the Planning Commission housed in the Yojana Bhavan by the NITI Aayog, or the National Institution for Transformation of India (NITI) Aayog. The new institution is expected to spearhead economic policy thinking in India by ensuring such policies are evolved in line with India's national strategic interests.