Under which one of the following initiatives does the NITI Aayog support interested States to establish a State Institution for Transformation (SIT) ?

The NITI Aayog supports interested States and Union Territories in establishing a State Institution for Transformation (SIT) under the State Support Mission (SSM) [4]. Launched as an umbrella initiative, the SSM aims to foster structured and institutionalized engagement between the Centre and States to achieve socio-economic goals by 2047 [5]. The mission assists states in either setting up new SITs or reimagining existing State Planning Boards as multi-disciplinary resource units to steer development strategies in alignment with national priorities [5]. This initiative is a key component of NITI Aayog's mandate to promote cooperative federalism by providing technical advice and building state-level capacity [3]. The mission was approved with a specific financial outlay for the period 2022-23 to 2024-25 to ensure continuous support for these state-level transformation bodies [5].

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1. [2] https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-06/Manual%20-1%20%28SSM%29.pdf
2. [4] Indian Economy, Vivek Singh (7th ed. 2023-24) > Chapter 7: Indian Economy after 2014 > 7.1 NITI Aayog > p. 227
3. [5] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 56: NITI Aayog > COOPERATIVE FEDERALlSM8 > p. 469
4. [1] https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-09/Guidelines_State_Support_Mission.pdf
5. [3] https://niti.gov.in/divisions/mission/state-support-mission