On July 16, 2024, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government reorganized the NITI Aayog. It now has four full-time members and 15 Union Ministers, including some from BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees.
According to the official notice, economist Suman K. Bery will continue to serve as vice-chairwoman of NITI Aayog, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain the Aayog's chairperson.
A Rashtrapati Bhawan statement stated, "In continuation of Cabinet Secretariat notification... the Prime Minister has approved the revised composition of NITI Aayog."
Niti Aayog: Ex-officio Members
The BJP-led NDA government has added a new name to the list of ex-officio members of Niti Aayog. The new ex officio member is Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
| Name | Cabinet Position | Political Party |
| Rajnath Singh | Defense Minister | BJP |
| Amit Shah | Home Minister | BJP |
| Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Agriculture Minister | BJP |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Finance Minister | BJP |
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Niti Aayog: Special Invitees
In the reconstituted Niti Aayog, new members added to the list of special invitees are: JP Nadda, HD Kumaraswamy, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Ram Mohan Naidu, Jual Oram, Chirag Paswan, and Annapurna Devi.
| Special Invitees | Cabinet Position | Political Party |
| Nitin Gadkari | Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways | BJP |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | Union Minister of Health | BJP |
| H.D. Kumaraswamy | Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel | JD(S) |
| Jitan Ram Manjhi | Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | HAM |
| Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) | Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | JD(U) |
| Virendra Kumar | Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | BJP |
| Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Union Minister of Civil Aviation | TDP |
| Jual Oram | Union Minister of Tribal Affairs | BJP |
| Annapurna Devi | Union Minister of Women and Child Development | BJP |
| Chirag Paswan | Union Minister of Food Processing Industries | LJP (Ram Vilas) |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Union Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation | BJP |
Niti Aayog: Full Time Members
According to the new notification, there are no changes in the list of full-time members of the Niti Aayog. The following names will still be a part of Niti Aayog:
| V.K. Saraswat | Scientist |
| Ramesh Chand | Agricultural economist |
| V.K. Paul | Paediatrician |
| Arvind Virmani | Macro-economist |
Meanwhile, Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur, who joined the commission last year, did not retain their positions this year.
The National Institution for Transforming India, or 'NITI Aayog,' was established in 2015 after the Modi government decided to replace the 65-year-old Planning Commission.
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