UP to restructure state Planning Commission on the lines of 'Niti Aayog'

Aayog had suggested UP to model Planning Commission on the lines of the federal think tank

The Adityanath government is planning to restructure the Uttar Pradesh Planning Commission on the lines of ‘Niti Aayog’.

Niti Aayog, which earlier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state and created a joint working group, had suggested UP to restructure the Planning Commission on the lines of the federal policy think tank.

“We are looking at strengthening our Planning Commission and there was a suggestion from the Niti Aayog that the UP government could adopt the federal Niti Aayog structure,” UP health minister and government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh told Business Standard today.

He is also the chairman of the UP-Niti