GS2 · Federalism

NITI Aayog State Support Mission workshop in Dehradun

Battle IAS current affairs title card: NITI Aayog State Support Mission workshop in Dehradun (GS2 · Federalism, 3 June 2025)

What happened

  • NITI Aayog and Uttarakhand’s SETU Aayog held the first regional workshop under the State Support Mission in Dehradun on 2 June 2025 [PIB].

Background

  • SSM is a Central Sector Scheme to engage States through State Institutions for Transformation (SITs) [PIB].

Why it matters

  • State think tanks are how NITI’s cooperative federalism reaches the ground.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Parliament and State legislatures

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-03): NITI Aayog and Uttarakhand's SETU Aayog held the first regional workshop under the State Support Mission in Dehradun on 2 June 2025.
  2. State think tanks are how NITI's cooperative federalism reaches the ground.
Quotable data point

NITI Aayog and Uttarakhand's SETU Aayog held the first regional workshop under the State Support Mission in Dehradun on 2 June 2025.

PIB: State Support Mission workshop, 3 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: SSM, SITs.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

State Support Mission works through

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

Official source: PIB: State Support Mission workshop, 3 Jun 2025

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