Council Meeting of NITI Aayog Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the Eighth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on May 27, 2023. Objective - “Viksit Bharat (Developed India)” in 2047. Mr. Modi chaired the meeting which was attended by CMs and Lieutenant Governors representing 19 States and Six Union Territories. NITI Aayog play a critical role in helping the States to develop their strategies. Achievement Mission Amrit Sarovar, With a view to conserve water for the future. Around 50,000 Amrit Sarovar constructed in the country. Note: NITI Aayog Founded - 1 January, 2015. Before NITI Aayog, there was a Planning Commission formed on 15 March 1950. First Digital Census Home Minister Amit Shah, on May 22, 2023 inaugurated the new Janganana Bhavan (Census building) in New Delhi, and released a report, “The Treatise on Indian Censuses Since 1981”. The government announced the first digital Census giving citizens an opportunity to “self-enumerate”. About Census India has conducted the Census every 10 years since 1881, but in 2020, the decennial exercise for Census 2021 had to be postponed due to the pandemic.