NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked official think tank Niti Aayog to experiment with new and out-of-the-box ideas, saying the government had the mandate to experiment."My government is in a majority. I can dare to experiment with new ideas that bring about transformational change in the country," an official quoted the prime minister as saying at a two-hour meeting with Aayog officials on Thursday. Modi was discussing the 15-year vision document that is being given shape by Niti Aayog.Its vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya said Modi has asked the think tank to come up with a vision document that is ambitious and lays the foundation for a century and not just 15 years. "The vision document needs to bring about transformation and not just talk about incremental changes as have been done in the past," Panagariya told media citing Modi. The PM is the chairman of Niti Aayog set up in January last year in place of the erstwhile Planning Commission."India cannot wait for incremental change. We need transformational change and that comes only with drastic policy reform:@narendramodi to Niti," Niti Aayog tweeted.Modi’s clear message to the institution, as gathered after speaking with several of its officials present at the meeting, is to dump the business-as-usual approach and instead look for technological interventions that will continue to be a key driver of growth and instrument for poverty elimination in India. "Chase things in accordance with the changing world," Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, citing PM Modi.According to Niti Aayog tweets, Modi has asked it to lead the way forward in fostering innovative, out-of-the-box thinking for the development of the country.Pointing out that India needs futuristic planning to develop its natural and human resources, Modi told Niti Aayog officials: "Optimal utilisation of India’s existing resources should be the way forward for charting out a growth strategy for India."Recalling his interactions with Planning Commission as chief minister of Gujarat, Modi reinforced that Niti Aayog develops as an institution for open discussion between Centre and states in a cooperative manner. "We cannot stand on one pillar. As a nation we need multiple pillars and states are those pillars," Panagariya said, citing the prime minister. Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy said the focus of the vision document will be to improve the life of citizens, empower them through creation of social and physical infrastructure, provide environment to promote entrepreneurship and lastly work out efficient method of subsidisation.The policy-making body has been mandated to come up with a 15-year vision document for a period up to 2030, which will be co-terminus with sustainable development goals. NITI Aayog is also working on a seven-year strategy starting from 2017-18 to convert a vision document into implementable policy and action as part of the National Development Agenda.It will also prepare a three-year action plan for 2017-18 to 2019-20 as part of the National Development Agenda, which will be aligned with the 14th Finance Commission award period. The plan is important because 2016-17 is the terminal year of 12th Five-Year Plan.