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NITI Aayog replaced which earlier institution as the Government of India's principal policy think tank?
NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission in 2015. It works as a policy think tank offering strategic and technical advice to the Centre and states, moving away from the earlier top-down, centralised planning model and resource allocation role.
- AFinance Commission
- BPlanning CommissionCorrect
- CNational Development Council
- DEconomic Advisory Council
Explanation
NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) was set up in January 2015 and replaced the Planning Commission. The Finance Commission is a constitutional body for fiscal devolution and still exists. The National Development Council was a separate forum and was not the body replaced.
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