NITI Aayog offers 30% hike over PlanComm

To attract talent, the government think-tank NITI <g data-gr-id="25">Aayog</g> has proposed paying over 30 <g data-gr-id="48">per cent</g> more than the pay scale offered by the erstwhile Planning Commission to young professionals on its payrolls. NITI <g data-gr-id="27">Aayog</g> has replaced the decades-old Planning Commission and is being seen as one of the most ambitious projects of the Modi government to overhaul governance and policymaking practices in the country. Inviting applications from ‘young professionals’, NITI <g data-gr-id="28">Aayog</g> has now offered salaries in the range of Rs 40,000-70,000 per month, along with an annual increment of Rs 5,000 in the monthly pay.

This is more than 30 <g data-gr-id="20">per cent</g> higher than the pay package of Rs 31,500-51,500 offered by the erstwhile Planning Commission for such young professionals. Besides, NITI <g data-gr-id="21">Aayog</g> has also brought down the age limit for such positions to 32 years, from 40 years prescribed earlier by the Planning Commission. The concept of hiring young professionals was introduced at the Planning Commission by its then Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in 2009. An official said that the changes have been made to the hiring policy to attract fresh talent. NITI <g data-gr-id="22">Aayog</g> has started the recruitment process with hiring of 20 young professionals. In the erstwhile PlanComm, the number of such professionals could up to 60 at a time. The <g data-gr-id="23">Aayog</g> is also looking for a Chief Economist to conduct research on India’s economic policy issues and <g data-gr-id="30">to to</g> build contacts with other institutions. The Chief Economist will be entrusted with the task of conducting research on contemporary and futuristic economic policy issues on India and its states.