Sign In
Learn bits
Economy
Mahesh

26/11/22 06:30 AM IST

MITRA: Maharashtra govt forms NITI Aayog-like body to make studied decisions

In News 
  • The Maharashtra government recently issued a government resolution and formed the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation – MITRA.
  • MITRA would be along the lines of NITI Aayog.
About MITRA 
  • The Maharashtra Institute for Transformation would be the state’s think tank for comprehensive data analysis and to make studied decisions on various sectors.
  • The transformation would achieve the target of making the state a $1 trillion economy by 2027 and a $3.5 trillion economy by 2047.
NITI Aayog 
  • Planning Commission was replaced by a new institution – NITI Aayog on January 1, 2015 with emphasis on ‘Bottom –Up’ approach to envisage the vision of Maximum Governance, Minimum Government, echoing the spirit of ‘Cooperative Federalism’.
  • It serves as an advisory Think Tank.
  • It serves in spirit of Cooperative Federalism as states are equal partners.
  • Secretaries to be known as CEO appointed by Prime- Minister. Recently, Parmeswaran Iyer became the CEO of NITI Aayog.
  • It focuses upon ‘Bottom-Up’ approach of Planning.
Source- Live Mint 

More Related Current Affairs View All

17 Sep

Reasons Behind the heavy rain in Uttarakhand, Himachal

'Dehradun and several other districts in Uttarakhand have experienced very heavy rainfall over the past few days, triggering landslides in multiple areas and causing rivers to swel

Read More

08 Sep

Rajasthan’s coaching centre Bill

'The Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025, is a significant piece of legislation passed by the Rajasthan Assembly to regulate and oversee the state's burg

Read More

28 Aug

IADT-1

'Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a crucial milestone in the preparation for the countr

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps