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Performance of NITI Aayog Achievements:

Cooperative federalism: State governments have been given prominence in the functioning of NITI Aayog and it has also expedited the resolution of issues between the central ministries and state and UTs.

Competitive federalism: NITI finalized indices to measure incremental annual outcomes in critical social sectors like health, education and water etc.

Human development: It started a special initiative focusing on 115 aspirational districts which need to improve on key indicators like health, nutrition, education, basic infrastructure and poverty has been launched.

Evidence based policy making: It focuses on policy formulation based on adequate data, like it brought out three year action agenda and development of composite water management index, promotion of GIS based planning and revamped India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS), 2047.

Reforms in Agriculture: It brought out policy paper on reforms in APMC Act, rejuvenating fertilizer sector, doubling farmer's income, Model Act on Agricultural Land Leasing etc.

Knowledge and Innovation: It developed the Good Practices Resource Book, launched Atal Innovation Mission and hosted Global Entrepreneurship Summit, 2017.