The NITI Aayog serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India. It is the nodal agency which is responsible for catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative federalism through the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
Composition: A Governing Council consisting of Chief Ministers of all the States and Union territories with Legislatures and lieutenant governors of Union Territories (except Delhi and Puducherry).
