This takes the total number of members in the Aayog to seven, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month restructured the institution with the appointment of a new vice chairman and five full-time members.
The PM is the chairman of the Aayog, which was constituted on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission.
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While Ashok Lahiri has been appointed as the vice chairman of the Aayog, the new members are Rajiv Gauba, KV Raju, Gobardhan Das, M Srinivas and Abhay Karandikar. Gauba was appointed earlier, in March 2025.
The new members replace economist Ramesh Chand, who handled agriculture policy matters; economist Arvind Virmani, who oversaw trade matters; VK Saraswat, who led work on science and technology; and V K Paul, who handled health policy and played a key role during the Covid-19.