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Who was the first Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?
1. Piyush Goyal
2. Nirmala Sitharaman
3. Arvind Pangaria
4. Raghuram Rajan

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Arvind Pangaria

The correct answer is Arvind Pangaria.

  • Arvind Panagariya, an Indian-American economist and a professor of economics, served as the first Vice-Chairman of the government of India think-tank NITI Aayog between January 2015 and August 2017.

  • NITI-National Institution for Transforming India
    • NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India which replaced the Planning Commission of India.
    • It was established with the aim of achieving sustainable development goals with cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments in economic policies.
    • One of the objectives of NITI Aayog is to develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans at the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher levels of government.
    • The Governing Council of NITI Aayog is chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister and comprises Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories with legislatures and Lt Governors of other Union Territories.
    • Chairman of NITI Aayog- PM Narendra Modi
    • Vice-Chairman-  Rajiv Kumar.
    • Full-Time Members: Shri VK Saraswat, Prof. Ramesh Chand, Dr VK Paul.

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