NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of Niti Aayog on Thursday to share his vision on the new planning process being worked out by the government’s think tank.
After scrapping the Nehruvian five-year planning system followed for over six decades, the Aayog has initiated the exercise of formulating a 15-year vision document, along with a 7-year strategy paper and 3-year action agenda
“The Aayog will make a brief presentation to PM on the progress so far. We are also looking forward to the PM’s vision on the vision document,” an official said.
Ahead of crucial meeting, the Aayog has called a meeting of top state government official on Wednesday to bring states on-board in the new planning process.
The attempt is to co-opt states as equal partners in the planning process which will eventually help the Centre to prepare its roadmap for development in the country, an official said.
The vision document will go beyond the traditional areas such as infrastructure, commerce, education and health and will also cover internal security and defence, which were not part of the earlier five year plans.
The vision document is expected to be finalised by the year-end.
An official said: “The plan is to complete the work on the vision document by December before the general budget. This is the terminal year of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17). Therefore, the feeling is that the next budget must be guided by this document.”
Besides the vision, the Aayog would be ready with seven-year strategy and three-year action plan on the basis of which funds allocations will be made in the budget.