News:
- Niti Aayog wants to hire seven consultants as officers on special duty (OSD) at a monthly remuneration of Rs 1.55 lakh each, a move that will reduce the workload.
- The consultants, who are expected to be experts in areas of economics and social issues, IT, transportation, legal issues and engineering, will assist the core team of the Aayog in its day-to-day research work.
- The lack of domain experts in many areas is restricting the progress of work at the Aayog.
Source: ET