NITI AAYOG

BUREAUCRACY
 Max Weber was the pioneer 0f the bureaucratic theory but the term was
coined by Vincent de Gournay.
 Most efficient way to set up an organisation or administration.
 Everyone is treated equal and the division of labour is clearly described for
each employee.

What is Bureaucracy?
“It is an organisational structure that is characterized by many rules,
standardised processes, procedures and requirements, number of desks,
meticulous division of labour and responsibility, clear hierarchies and
professional, almost impersonal interactions between employees”.
 WHAT IS A BUREAUCRATIC ORGANISATION?

• BUREAUCRACY is the basis for the systematic formation of any organisation.

• Designed to ensure efficiency and economic effectiveness.
• An ideal model for management and its administration to bring an organisation’s power
structure into focus.
Basic Principles of Bureaucracy:
1. Needs of specialised training
2. Hierarchical Authority
3. Formal selection
4. Rules and requirements
5. Impersonal
6. Career Orientation
7. Keeping records
 WHAT IS NITI AAYOG ?
 The National Institution for Transforming India, formed via a resolution of
the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015.
 Premier policy ‘Think Tank‘ of government of India.
 Provides both directional and policy input.
 Designs strategic and long term policies and programmes for Govt. Of
India.
 Also provides relevant technical advice to the centre and states.
Specialized training

worker’s in the Bureaucracy perform special task that requires training and expertise. Trained
personnel can accomplish their job efficiently .

For example :
A task force of government policy think tank Niti Aayog is planning to impart project management
training o government officials in a bid to prune wastage and help the government in its $5 –
trillion economy target by 2024(economic times).

keeping Records
Niti Aayog maintains a nationwide recode of every organisation and department.

For example :
It is maintaining record of crime incidents to formulate policies.(economic times)
OBJECTIVES OF NITI AAYOG
Niti Aayog is based on certain principles :- Pro people, Pro Active, participation,
empowering, inclusion of all, equality and transparency.
OBJECTIVES -
 To provide a critical directional and strategic input to the development process of India.
 Serve as think tank and foster cooperative Federalism.
 To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans at village level.
 Create a knowledge innovation and entrepreneurial system through a collaborative
community of National and International experts and practitioners.
 To monitor and evaluate the implementation of programs.
SOME INITIATIVES TAKEN BY NITI AAYOG
1. Model land leasing law
2. Digital payments movement
3. The Atal Innovation mission
4. Task force elimination of poverty in India
5. Task force on agriculture development
TWO AUTONOMOUS BODIES ATTACHED TO
NITI AAYOG
 NILERD: National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development,
established in 1962, Central Autonomous Organisation attached to Niti Aayog,
Ministry of Planning.
 President of General Council- Dr. Rajiv Kumar
 Chairperson of Executive council- Shri Amitabh Kant
 Director General of NILERD- Prof. Arup Mitra.
 OBJECTIVES: Research and data collection in relation to all major aspects of
development, and education and training in all aspects of Human Capital Planning,
Human Resource Development and Monitoring and Evaluation.
DMEO- Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office
 Established by Govt. Of India on 18th September, 2015 as an attached office of the Niti
Aayog.
 Headed by the Director General who is an equivalent to an Additional Secretary to the
Government of India.
 It has been provided with separate budgetary allocations and manpower in addition to
complete functional autonomy.
1. FUNCTIONS- Monitor the implementation of government programmes.
2. Conduct evaluation of the government programmes.
3. Promote the spirit of cooperative Federalism
4. Monitor the implementation and progress of SDGs
5. Help Ministries in designing TORs for evaluation studies.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND NITI
AAYOG’S ROLE
 SDGs were adopted in Sept. 2015, as a part of the resolution, ‘Transforming our World’ :
the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
 India has committed to achieve the 17 SDGs and 169 associated targets which covers
social, economic and environmental dimensions of development and focus on ending
poverty in all its forms and dimensions.
 Niti Aayog has been assigned the role of overseeing the implementation of SDGs in the
country.
 To spread awareness about the goals and to bring stakeholders together, Niti Aayog has
organised several National and regional level consultations.
 SOUTH ASIA FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 2018- It was co-
organised by Niti Ayog , United Nations Economic and social commission for Asia and the
Pacific ( UNESCAP) and RIS in October 2018, to enhance awareness on challenges and
opportunities for implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
FAILURES OF PLANNING COMMISSION OF
INDIA
What happened with planning commission of India
1. It laid out good plans in the initial stage
2. But later it faced some flaws
• The role of planning commission in federal finance declined.
• The block plan finance grants became a very small part of the budgets in the more
prosperous states.
• After Nehru no pm has reposed faith in the capacity of the planning commission to guide
development.
ETHIOPIA NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
 The Federal Republic of Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the horn of
Africa. Fastest growing economy in Africa.
 A Federal Republic with two legislative houses- House of Federation and House of
people’s representatives.
 Head of the State- President Sahle Work Zewde.
 Head of the government- Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed.
 Population- 96,769,000.
 The National Planning Commission is responsible for the planning and
development in Ethiopia.
 National Economic Council to formulate plans- 1955.
 First five year plan (1957-61) and second five year plan (1962-67) were prepared.
 1974- National Revolutionary Development Campaign and Central Planning
Supreme council.
 1984- The Office of the National Committee for Central Planning. It launched a 10
year perspective plan covering the period 1984-1994.
 2013- The National Planning Council and The National Planning and Development
Commission were set up.
 ORGANISATION OF THE COUNCIL AND
COMMISSION
 Commission- Headed by the Commissioner and a deputy commissioner.
 Currently the Commissioner is Dr. Fitsum Assefa.
 The National Planning Commission was established as an autonomous Federal
government organ having its own legal personality.
 It is accountable to the Prime Minister.
 Main objective- to prepare five year plans and to conduct periodic evaluation of the
implementation of plans.
 The Commission acts as a secretariat to the planning council. Formulates macro economic
targets of savings. It also draws out sector plans, detailing programmes and projects to be
undertaken as well as reform measures pertaining to policies and legislations.
 The Council- The National Planning Council is headed by the Prime Minister who
acts as the chairperson of the council.
 Other members- Cabinet Ministers, chief executives and deputy chief executives
of regional states and Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia.
 Powers and duties- 1. It sets overall targets of growth of GDP and GDP per capita.
 Provides guidance for planning and development priorities at the commencement
of each five year plan and approves the plan.
 It reviews the periodic evaluation results of the plan submitted by the National
Planning Commission and ensures its integrated implementation by Federal and
regional executive organs.
IN ETHIOPIA THE PLANNING PROCESS AT ALL
LEVELS PASSES THROUGH A SERIES OF ITERATIVE
STAGES. THSES ARE :
1. The preliminary stage;
2. The analytical stage;
3. Adjustments and directive stage;
4. Plan adoption stage;
5. Plan adoption stage; and
6. Plan implementation stage.