National Institution for Transforming India came into existence on ____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 15 August 2015
Note: The given answer, Option (2), is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, this answer appears to be wrong. As per the NCERT book, the correct answer is Option (3), as explained below.
As per the 2023-24, 2025-26 and 2026-27 editions, the Government of India replaced the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which came into existence on 1 January 2015. The pre-rationalised edition, which NTA followed in 2023, does not mention NITI Aayog at all.
No edition gives 15 August 2015 for NITI Aayog.
NCERT (2026-27): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development
Box ‘Fast Forward: Niti Aayog’, chapter ‘Politics of Planned Development’ (2026-27; the same box is in the 2023-24 and 2025-26 books): This came into existence on 1 January 2015. |
