Planning Commission renamed as Neeti Ayog

The name of the Planning Commission has been changed to Neeti Ayog.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The name of the Planning Commission has been changed to Neeti Ayog.

In his Independence Day speech, Modi had announced that a new institution with a new soul will replace the Planning Commission.

The new body will lead the country based on creative thinking, public-private partnership, optimum utilisation of resources, utilisation of youth power of the nation, to promote the aspirations of State governments seeking development, to empower the State governments and to empower the federal structure, he had said.

With agency inputs

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