Indianmandarins has learnt that the Prime Minister's Office has asked NITI Aayog to prepare a 15-year vision document for a period up to 2030 which will be co-terminus with the Sustainable Development Goals. The document may also cover issues of internal security and defence. The NITI Aayog will also prepare a seven-year strategy from 2017-18 to 2023-24 to convert a long-vision document into implementable policy and action as part of the national developmental agenda. There will also be a mid-term review of the seven-year strategy in the year ending March 2020. "A three-year action Plan for 2017-18 to 2019-20 as part of the National Development Agenda will be aligned with the 14th Finance Commission award period," according to sources. They pointed out that the draft appraisal document of the 12th Plan (2012-17) is currently being finalised and the exercise for the vision document and seven-year strategy paper will be initiated shortly. To draw up strategies, the sector-specific working groups and steering committees will be formed by involving Union ministries/departments and associating state governments, experts, academia, professionals and the like.