The government has appointed eminent economist Arvind Panagariya as vice-chairman of NITI-Aayog. He is professor at Columbia University.
V K Saraswat – former DRDO secretary and Bibek Debroy – economist have been appointed as full-time members.
The panel will comprise finance minister Arun Jaitley, home minister Rajnath Singh, railway minister Suresh Prabhu and agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh as ex-officio members.