Question: Whose term as a CEO of NITI Aayog has been extended by Government of India recently?
a) Amitabh Kant
b) Arvind Pangariya
c) Shaktikant Das
d) None of the above
Ans: a
Facts
- Central government has extended tenure of NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amitabh Kant, by one year.
- He was appointed as the CEO of Niti Aayog on February 17, 2016, for a fixed two-year term. He was later given an extension till June 30, 2019. His term was then further extended for two years in June 2019.
- His tenure will now end in June 2022.
- Extension order was issued by Department of Personnel and Training after it was approved by Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
NITI Aayog
- The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) is a public policy think tank of the Government of India, established established in 2015 by replacing the planning commission .
- It is established with the aim to achieve sustainable development goals with cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
By kameshwar shukla