Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: In the first meeting of NITI Aayog on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took views of economists to boost growth, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The ex-officio members and special invitees of the Aayog also attended the first meeting of the body.
The first Vice-Chairman of the Aayog, Arvind Panagariya, and full time member Bibek Debroy and V K Saraswat had joined last month.
The ex-officio members are Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
The Aayog's special invitees are Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot and Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani.
This meet would set the agenda for meeting of the Aayog's governing council comprising all Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors of Union Territories (UTs) on February 8.
Modi, who is the Chairman of Aayog, had held a meeting of all chief ministers on December 7, 2014 for seeking their views on the new body at his residence.
