Who is the current Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog?

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Q: 112 (CDS-II/2015)
Who is the current Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog?

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Polity

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CDS-II

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The correct answer is option 2, Arvind Panagariya.

Option 1: Raghuram Rajan - Raghuram Rajan is not the current Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog. He is an eminent economist and the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Option 3: Bibek Debroy - Bibek Debroy is also not the current Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog. He is an Indian economist and a member of the NITI Aayog.

Option 4: V.K. Saraswat - V.K. Saraswat is not the current Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog either. He is a member of NITI Aayog and has served as the former Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Arvind Panagariya is the correct answer as he was the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog from January 2015 to August 2017. He is an Indian-American economist and a professor at Columbia University.