Khullar, a retired IAS officer, has been appointed on contract basis for a period of one year from January 1, 2015, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said.
Khullar, a 1995 batch UT cadre IAS officer, had taken over as Secretary Planning Commission in April 2012. NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) has replaced 65-year-old Planning Commission.
Noted economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as the first Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog. Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO chief V K Saraswat have already been appointed as full-time members by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is the Chairman of the body.