As NITI Aayog completes 10 years of its establishment, critically examine its role in the planning and development paradigm of governance in India. (Answer in 250 words)

NITI Aayog was established as a collaborative institution and harbinger of decentralized planning. Now celebrating successful completion of 10 years. Performance analysis of NITI Aayog: (1) Paradigm shift in planning process (1.1) Decentralized planning - Bottom-up approach, seeking opinion of all stakeholders is NITI's effort district (1.2) Instead of one-size planning - Short-medium and long-term planning process (1.3) Co-partner in planning process for state goods ex Gujarat iteration for transformation (same like NITI way) (1.4) Adopted best national and global case study (1.5) Significant role in policy-making to policy implementation (DIKSHA dashboard) 2) 'Good governance' and 'state of the art technology adoption in governance' (2.1) Fiscal health index expert prepared under composite water management index - promote competitive federalism (2.2) Groundbreaking scheme like 1 (currently 2, successfully) implement NUSSIM, ADP, Abhiyaan (3) Monitoring performance and auditing shortcomings ex ADP and AHP (4) Foster cooperative federalism through regional council, NITI Wayog council (5) Regional balanced growth - NITI NER council, Himalayan council