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Cover Story Sankalp Yatra of New India

NITI AAYOG 40

INDIA'S THINK TANK
After independence, our country
adopted the former Soviet Union's
socialist rule structure, in which plans
were made and project was done.
Five-year and one-year plans have long
been used in the country. For decades,
the Planning Commission served as
a planning unit, carrying out planning
work. However, while the 65-year-old
Planning Commission was important
in the command economy structure,
it had lost its effectiveness in recent
years. On a resolution of the Union
Cabinet, the NITI (National Institution
for Transforming India) Aayog was
established on 1 January 2015 in place
of the Planning Commission. Keeping
the spirit of cooperative federalism at
the forefront, the concept of maximum
governance, minimum government was
adopted. The NITI Aayog has two hubs.

n Team India Hub: Acts as a
coordinator between the states
and the Centre.

n Knowledge and Innovation Hub:
NITI Aayog acts like a think-tank.
MINISTRY OF COOPERATIVES:
41 THE FOUNDATION OF PROGRESS

Nothing can be better than
cooperatives to make 70 n There are 8,55,000 cooperative societies in India out of 30 lakhs in the
crore underprivileged people world, with approximately 13 crore people directly associated with
financially self-reliant in the them, and 91 percent of villages in the country have some cooperative
country. In the 75th year of society. The Modi government has decided to computerise the
the country's independence, country's 65,000 primary agricultural credit societies (PACS), bringing
Prime Minister Narendra PACS, district co-operative banks, state co-operative banks, and
Modi revitalised the NABARD online.
cooperative movement The establishment of a cooperative university has also progressed.
by establishing the Union n It will prepare new professionals and a training system will also be
Ministry of Cooperation. The available for the people working in the cooperative sector. Work is
Ministry of Co-operatives
is working hard to put all being done to advance the cooperative concept by bringing it up
possible reforms in place to to date with modern times, by combining it with technology and
make co-operative societies professionalism. The Ministry of Co-operatives is actively working
thriving, prosperous, and to put all possible reforms in place to make co-operative societies
relevant. thriving, prosperous, and relevant.

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