Q.When was the Planning Commission replaced by NITI Aayog?

A factual recall question on the exact transition date, commonly asked in AP Intermediate Economics exams. …

The Government of India dissolved the Planning Commission, which had functioned since 1950, and established NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) as its successor policy body with effect from 1 January 2015. This change reflected a deliberate shift from a centralised, fund-allocating Planning Commission toward a more federal, advisory NITI Aayog, in which state governments participat …

Students sometimes confuse this date with the date NITI Aayog's first Governing Council meeting was held or with the announcement date of the decisio …