Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given in-principle nod to a proposal to set up an institution on the lines of NITI Aayog, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said .
The institution would be set up for comprehensive data analysis and to make studied decisions on various sectors, Fadnavis said.
“A delegation led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met the chief executive officer and other officials of the NITI Aayog today. It was proposed that an institute of transformation on the lines of Niti Aayog would be set up to make studied decisions on various sectors. CM Shinde has given an in-principle nod to this suggestion,” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader told reporters in Mumbai.
In the meeting, the chief minister and the NITI Aayog officials discusses several issues ranging from monetisation of assets, blockchain in agriculture, transportation taking to alternative fuel or EV policy, non-conventional energy, drone in healthcare and agriculture, among others, Fadnavis said.
Talking further about the proposal, he said that the NITI Aayog has carried out an extensive study on similar issues and developed a tool, where inter-related data from various departments is collectively analysed for a better decision-making process.
“For instance, one department has details of an outbreak of disease, while another one possesses information about the location of contaminated water. If these two departments share their data, decision making would be more effective,” the deputy chief minister explained.
During the meeting, the trillion dollar economy proposal was also discussed, he said, adding that “we are trying to achieve it with its help.”
The NITI Aayog is the apex public policy think tank of the Centre, and the nodal agency tasked with catalysing economic development, and fostering cooperative federalism through the involvement of state governments in the economic policy-making process.
It was set up in January 2015 by the Narendra Modi government to replace the Planning Commission.
