Question
Download Solution PDFIn which year the planning commission was set up in India?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1950.
Key Points
- Planning Commission-
- The Planning Commission of India was established on the year 15th March 1950.
- The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of this Commission.
- There is no provision for (or mention of) the Planning Commission in the Constitution of India.
- It was constituted in the form of an advisory and specialist institution.
- It was constituted by the Union Cabinet on the proposal of a member of the Union Parliament.
- The government has changed its organization and structure from time to time.
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission.
- There is no fixed term/tenure of the Deputy Chairman and members of the Planning Commission.
- The commission estimates the physical capital and the human resources commission prepare plans for maximum effective and impartial use of national resources.
- The commission makes a critical analysis of each step and gives reformative suggestions.
- Final clearance to planning is given by the “National Development Council”.
- 1st national planning committee was set up in 1938 by Subhash Chandra Bose and chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Additional Information
- NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)
- NITI Aayog Replaces Planning Commission in 2015 after 65 years by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- NITI Aayog is not a constitutional body. It is an executive body.
- It was established on January 1, 2015.
- The ex-officio president of this is the Prime Minister.
- It is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs.
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