Question

NITI Aayog has launched the SATH program for cooperative federalism. What does SATH stand for?
A) Sustainable Action for Trace Human Capital
B) Sustainable Action for Trance Human Capital
C) Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital
D) Sustainable Action for Transact Human Capital

Answer 1

Hint: On January 1, 2015, the Union Cabinet passed a resolution establishing the National Institution for Transforming India, or NITI Aayog. The Planning Commission, which had been established in 1950, was replaced by NITI Aayog by the Indian government.

Complete answer:
The NITI Aayog is an Indian government think tank that was established with the purpose of achieving sustainable development goals through cooperative federalism by encouraging state governments to take a bottom-up approach to economic policymaking.

For cooperative federalism, the NITI Aayog has created a programme called Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) in collaboration with state governments.

Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital:
The program's goal is to bring about change in the education and health sectors. SATH's goal is to identify and develop three future role models for health systems. NITI will work closely with their state machinery to develop a robust intervention roadmap, create a programme governance structure, establish monitoring and tracking mechanisms, guide state institutions through the implementation stage, and provide support on a variety of institutional measures to achieve the end goals.

NITI will lead the initiative in partnership with McKinsey & Company and the IPE Global consortium, which were chosen after a competitive bidding process. Three of the five shortlisted states will be chosen after additional examinations. Following the signing of MoUs, the initiative will be launched in the three selected states.

Hence the correct answer is option 'C'.

Note:
-Because the baseline of many indicators, parameters of education and health in the States are in the public domain, SATH is a hard and ambitious initiative.
-It also establishes a new level of cooperative federalism, with NITI Aayog and its knowledge partners actively assisting in the execution of their proposals.