The government on Tuesday reconstituted the NITI Aayog with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the Chairperson and Suman K Berry as the Vice-Chairman. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said that in continuation of the Cabinet Secretariat's notifications, the Prime Minister has approved the revised composition of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog).
Full-Time members of the reconstituted NITI Aayog
- VK Saraswat
- Professor Ramesh Chand
- Dr VK Paul
- Arvind Virmani
Ex-officio Members
- Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Special Invitees
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- HD Kumaraswamy, Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel
- Jitan Ram Manjhi, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Dr. Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation
- Jual Oram, Minister of Tribal Affairs
- Annpurna Devi, Minister of Women and Child Development
- Chirag Paswan, Minister of Food Processing Industries
- Rao lnderjit Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
While the prime minister remains the chairperson of the Aayog, there are no changes in the post of Vice Chairman and other full-time members.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the new ex officio member, while Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda and Minister of Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy are new members after their inclusion in the Union Cabinet.
"In continuation of Cabinet Secretariat notification... the Prime Minister has approved the revised composition of NITI Aayog," a notification from the Rashtrapati Bhawan said.
Under the revised composition of Niti Aayog, Suman K Bery will continue to hold the Vice Chairman post, while VK Saraswat, Ramesh Chand, VK Paul and Arvind Virmani will remain full-time members.
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