Why Arvind Panagariya couldn't become Montek Singh Ahluwalia for NDA-2

The Aayog was free to give advice to the government, but none of it was binding on it

NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya’s move to relinquish his post might have come as a surprise to many given that he was considered a key advisor of the Narendra Modi-lead National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, but for many it was just a matter of time, due to the peculiar nature of relationship between the Aayog and the government.

Post-disbanding of the Planning Commission of India, in 2015 NITI Aayog was constituted as a successor to the over six-decade-old organisation though with much less powers; but quite larger domain and a unique relationship with the government.

The Aayog was free to