The institution set up in January 2015 to play the role of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India is:

NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) was set up by a Union Cabinet resolution on 1 January 2015 to replace the Planning Commission, acting as the government's policy think tank and promoting cooperative federalism. The Inter-State Council (set up in 1990 under Article 263) deals with Centre-State coordination, while the National Security Council (1998) and the Strategic Policy Group under it handle national security matters.