Planning Commission to NITI Aayog — Policy Reforms

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
73rd Amendment	1992	Added Part IX to the Constitution providing constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions and mandating states to establish three-tier local governance structure	Created constitutional framework for decentralized planning that influenced NITI Aayog's bottom-up planning approach and emphasis on village-level planning mechanisms
74th Amendment	1993	Added Part IXA to the Constitution providing constitutional status to urban local bodies and defining their powers and functions	Strengthened urban governance framework that supports NITI Aayog's approach of multi-level planning and cooperative federalism in urban development