Which of the following differences between NITI Aayog and Planning Commission are correct?

While NITI Aayog follows a bottom-up approach; planning commission followed a top-down approach.

While NITI Aayog is an executive body; planning commission is a constitutional body.

While NITI Aayog doesn’t have the mandate to finance; planning commission had the authority to distribute funds.

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NITI Aayog is a think tank and an advisory organization. It does not have the mandate to enforce policies on states. The Planning Commission had the authority to enforce policies on states as well as projects that it had approved.
NITI Aayog has not been given the power of financing. The Planning Commission had the authority to distribute funding to state governments and several central government ministries for a variety of national and state-level programs and projects.
State governments plays a more active role in NITI Aayog. States do not have a say as such in Planning Commission.
There is a provision of part-time members in NITI Aayog. There was no such provision in the Planning Commission\'s charter.
NITI Aayog has fewer permanent members.
NITI Aayog has a bottom-up approach. Planning Commission followed a top-down approach.
Both NITI Aayog and Planning Commission are executive bodies.

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NITI Aayog is a think tank and an advisory organization. It does not have the mandate to enforce policies on states. The Planning Commission had the authority to enforce policies on states as well as projects that it had approved.
NITI Aayog has not been given the power of financing. The Planning Commission had the authority to distribute funding to state governments and several central government ministries for a variety of national and state-level programs and projects.
State governments plays a more active role in NITI Aayog. States do not have a say as such in Planning Commission.
There is a provision of part-time members in NITI Aayog. There was no such provision in the Planning Commission\'s charter.
NITI Aayog has fewer permanent members.
NITI Aayog has a bottom-up approach. Planning Commission followed a top-down approach.
Both NITI Aayog and Planning Commission are executive bodies.

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