NITI Aayog has formed six groups of young CEOs to churn out ideas for changes to be made in the policy framework. The groups will be made out of 200 CEOs who will make presentations to the Union Cabinet and the Prime Minister. There will also be specific groups to recommend changes to individual ministries.The CEOs will focus on job creation, income enhancement, tech disruption, ease of doing business and governance. They have been divided into the groups themed - New India by 2022, Make in India, Cities of Tomorrow, World Class Infrastructure, Doubling Farmers Income, and Fixing Finance.
As the government's principal policy ideating think tank, the NITI Aayog will identify the action points from the inputs given by industrialists. Under the group themed New India by 2022, the CEOs will brainstorm on economy, social capital and gender parity. The group themed Make in India will focus on topics such as Industry 4.0, MSMEs and value chains, exports, logistics, FDI and FII. The Cities of Tomorrow group will brainstorm on smart urbanisation, sustainable planning, city governance, growth clusters and public transportation.
World Class Infrastructure will focus on rail, roads and airports, energy and transportation, PPPs, contracts, legal system and policy framework. The Doubling Farmers Income group is focused on productivity, irrigation, diversification, crop intensity, value chains and investment.