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SSC CHSL 2023 PYQ — Question 50

SSC CHSL - 10 March 2023 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q50

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The Planning Commission of India was replaced by NITI Aayog in ______.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 2015.

  • The Planning Commission of India was indeed replaced by the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in 2015.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this change in August 2014, and the NITI Aayog officially came into existence on January 1, 2015.
  • The primary objective behind this transition was to establish a think tank that would foster cooperative federalism by involving states in the economic policy-making process.