In which year was a Cabinet resolution passed to replace the Planning

In which year was a Cabinet resolution passed to replace the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog?

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The Cabinet resolution to replace the Planning Commission with the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog was passed on January 1, 2015.

The Planning Commission was a non-constitutional and non-statutory body established in March 1950 through a Cabinet resolution. NITI Aayog, its successor, was also established by a Cabinet resolution.

The proposal to replace the Planning Commission was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, August 15, 2014. The formal resolution establishing NITI Aayog came into effect on January 1, 2015.

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