NITI Aayog to hire 65 young professionals to improve performance

The consultants and young professionals are either attached to the vice-chairman and Aayog members or with the different bodies and cells within the Aayog

NITI Aayog's recent decision to hire 65 more young professionals is another attempt in its series of measures to engage people from outside the government system to enhance its working. 

This is something that it started right since its inception in 2015 with the hiring of around 20-odd young professionals and consultants.

The process was further enlarged when people at the level of secretary and joint secretary were engaged from outside to lend more diversity to the Aayog's working and job. The appointment of noted agriculture economist Tajmul Haque as the Aayog's head of land policy cell was one such initiative.

After a