Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** NITI Aayog does not possess the mandate to allocate financial resources to state governments. **Reason (R):** The power to allocate plan funds was transferred entirely to the Ministry of Finance and the Finance Commission to separate policy formulation from financial distribution. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Options:

• A: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• B: A is true but R is false.
• C: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• D: A is false but R is true.

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