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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = '''Planning Commission'''
| agency_name     = '''Planning Commission'''
| nativename =  
| nativename     = Planning commission of India
| logo = PlanningCommissionIndia.jpg
| logo           = PlanningCommissionIndia.jpg
| logo_caption =  
| logo_caption   =  
| formed = {{Start date|df=yes|1950|03|15}}
| formed         = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1950|03|15}}
| dissolved = 17 Aug 2014
| dissolved       = {{End date and age|13 Aug 2014}}
| superseding1 = [[NITI Aayog]]<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/planning-commission-renamed-as-neeti-ayog/articleshow/45714284.cms Economic Times], See also [http://lex-warrier.in/2015/01/planning-commission-called-neeti-ayog/ Lex-Warrier: Online Law Journal]</ref>
| superseding1   = [[NITI Aayog]]<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/planning-commission-renamed-as-neeti-ayog/articleshow/45714284.cms Economic Times], See also [http://lex-warrier.in/2015/01/planning-commission-called-neeti-ayog/ Lex-Warrier: Online Law Journal]</ref>
| headquarters = Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi
| headquarters   = Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi
| parent_agency = [[Government of India]]
| chief1_name    = Prime Minister of India
| website = {{url|http://planningcommission.gov.in/}}
| parent_agency   = [[Government of India]]
| footnotes =  
| website         = {{url|http://planningcommission.gov.in/}}
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The '''Planning Commission''' was an institution in the [[Government of India]], which formulated India's [[Five-Year Plans of India|Five-Year Plans]], among other functions.
The '''Planning Commission''' was an institution in the [[Government of India]], which formulated India's [[Five-Year Plans of India|Five-Year Plans]], among other functions.


In his first [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] speech in 2014, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] announced his intention to dissolve the Planning Commission. It has since been replaced by a new institution named [[NITI Aayog]].
In his first [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] speech in 2014, [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] announced his intention to dissolve the Planning Commission. It has since been replaced by a new institution named [[NITI Aayog]].


==History==
==History==
{{See also|Five-year plans of India}}
{{See also|Five-year plans of India}}
Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the [[Sovereignty|sovereign authority of the state]], was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru , Atul Tiwari and [[Indian National Army]] supreme leader [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose]], who had been persuaded by [[Meghnad Saha]] to set up a National Planning Committee.<ref name=Saha>{{cite web|title=Meghnad Saha: A Pioneer in Astrophysics|url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/saha/sahanew.htm|website=Vigyan Prasar Science Portal|access-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223073932/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/saha/sahanew.htm|archive-date=23 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  
Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the [[Sovereignty|sovereign authority of the state]], was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,Atul Tiwari ,P Jawaharlal Nehru who had been persuaded by [[Meghnad Saha]] to set up a National Planning Committee.<ref name=Saha>{{cite web|title=Meghnad Saha: A Pioneer in Astrophysics|url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/saha/sahanew.htm|website=Vigyan Prasar Science Portal|access-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223073932/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/saha/sahanew.htm|archive-date=23 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  
[[M. Visvesvaraya]] had been elected head of the Planning Committee. [[Meghnad Saha]] approached him and requested him to step down, putting forward the argument that planning needed a reciprocity between science and politics. [[Visvesvaraya|M. Visvesvaraya]] generously agreed and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was made head of the National Planning Committee.The so-called "[[British Raj]]" also formally established the Advisory Planning Board under [[K. C. Neogy]] that functioned from 1944 to 1946.
[[M. Visvesvaraya]] had been elected head of the Planning Committee. [[Meghnad Saha]] approached him and requested him to step down, putting forward the argument that planning needed a reciprocity between science and politics. [[Visvesvaraya|M. Visvesvaraya]] generously agreed and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was made head of the National Planning Committee. The so-called "[[British Raj]]" also formally established the Advisory Planning Board under [[K. C. Neogy]] that functioned from 1944 to 1946.


Industrialists and economists independently formulated at least three development plans. Some scholars have argued that the introduction of planning as an instrument was intended to transcend the ideological divisions between [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Nehru]].<ref>Partha Chatterjee, 2001 "Development planning and the Indian state" in State and Politics in India (ed. Partha Chatterjee) New Delhi: Oxford University Press</ref> Other scholars have argued that the Planning Commission, as a central agency in the context of plural [[democracy in India]], needs to carry out more functions than rudimentary economic planning.<ref>Sony Pellissery, 2010 Central agency in plural democracy. The India Economy Review, 7 (3), 12–16</ref>
Industrialists and economists independently formulated at least three development plans. Some scholars have argued that the introduction of planning as an instrument was intended to transcend the ideological divisions between [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Nehru]].<ref>Partha Chatterjee, 2001 "Development planning and the Indian state" in State and Politics in India (ed. Partha Chatterjee) New Delhi: Oxford University Press</ref> Other scholars have argued that the Planning Commission, as a central agency in the context of plural [[democracy in India]], needs to carry out more functions than rudimentary economic planning.<ref>Sony Pellissery, 2010 Central agency in plural democracy. The India Economy Review, 7 (3), 12–16</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Investment commission of India]]
* [[Investment commission of India|Investment ''commission of'' India]]
* [[Five-Year Plans of India]]
* [[Five-Year Plans of India]]
* [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance, Government of India]]
* [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance, Government of India]]
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* [http://planningcommission.gov.in/ Official Homepage]
* [http://planningcommission.gov.in/ Official Homepage]


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