Which of the following is a Nodal Institution for implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in India?

The correct answer is C) NITI Aayog. It was constituted on 1 January 2015 and is the nodal body for coordinating SDG implementation in India, working with states and ministries and tracking progress through the SDG India Index, which it brings out with MoSPI.

• A) Planning Commission: It was the earlier planning body, but it was wound up in 2015 and replaced by NITI Aayog. It is not an active institution now, so it cannot be the nodal body.
• B) Disinvestment Commission: It is an advisory body set up to recommend on the sale of public sector enterprises. It has no role in the SDGs.
• D) Finance Commission: Constituted under Article 280 every five years, it recommends the distribution of central tax revenue between the Centre and states. Its work concerns fiscal federalism, not SDG coordination.

The core concept is institutional design after the Planning Commission was replaced. For Mains, NITI Aayog's cooperative federalism role and its SDG monitoring link directly to GS-II and GS-III.

Trap: Aspirants often pick MoSPI, which is the nodal ministry for SDG indicators and statistics, and sometimes confuse it with the implementation body. Also do not choose the Planning Commission, which was the old planning body.