As per the Cabinet Resolution of 1st January 2015, the NITI Aayog consists of:…
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As per the Cabinet Resolution of 1st January 2015, the NITI Aayog consists of:
Prime Minister of India
Governing Council comprising of Chief Ministers of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories
Rural Development Minister
Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Prime Minister
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.
1, 2 and 3
- B.
1, 2 and 4
- C.
1 and 2 only
- D.
3 and 4 only
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Correct answer: B
The NITI Aayog's composition under the Cabinet Resolution of 1 January 2015 distinguishes fixed, explicitly named positions from a discretionary category that the Resolution defines only as a class to be filled by nomination, not by naming a specific office or portfolio.
Applying this to the four statements: the Resolution names the Prime Minister as Chairperson (a fixed position); it defines the Governing Council with a fixed membership of the Chief Ministers of all States and the Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories; and it provides for a Chief Executive Officer, a fixed appointment made by the Prime Minister for a fixed tenure at the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. The Rural Development Minister is not named anywhere in the Resolution's text; instead, the Resolution provides for up to four ex-officio members drawn from the Union Council of Ministers, nominated by the Prime Minister at his discretion, without designating any specific portfolio.
Statement 1 (Prime Minister of India) corresponds to the Resolution's explicit designation of the Prime Minister as Chairperson.
Statement 2 (the Governing Council of State Chief Ministers and UT Lieutenant Governors) corresponds to the Resolution's explicit definition of the Governing Council's membership.
Statement 3 (Rural Development Minister) does not correspond to any office named in the Resolution; the Resolution's ex-officio category leaves the specific portfolio(s) to the Prime Minister's discretion.
Statement 4 (Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Prime Minister) corresponds to the Resolution's explicit provision for a CEO appointment.
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are each directly verifiable against a specific clause of the Resolution's text, while statement 3 substitutes a named portfolio for what the Resolution defines only as a discretionary, PM-nominated category. So the set of statements that align with the Resolution's actual text is 1, 2 and 4.