Ministry of Planning (India)
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Ministry overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Template:Country data Republic of India |
Annual budget | ₹339.65 crores ($48 million) (2018-19)[1] including NITI Aayog |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Parent Ministry | Government of India |
Ministry of Planning is a ministry in India. The minister responsible is the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. The ministry's institutional capacity is exercised through the central agency: NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).
NITI Aayog[edit]
On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly formed NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India). Union Government of India announced the formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015. The first meeting of NITI Aayog was chaired by Narendra Modi on 8 February 2015.
NITI Aayog's mandate is to support the center and the states in transforming India by promoting cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach. The Governing Council of NITI, with The Prime Minister as its Chairman, comprises Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories (UTs). In addition, temporary members are selected from leading universities and research institutions. These members include a chief executive officer, four ex-official members, and two part-time members. The agency's Vice Chairman holds a Cabinet Minister equivalent rank.
NITI Aayog primarily provides policy inputs to the highest decision making bodies. Through its monitoring and evaluation division, it monitors all national and state schemes to provide annual review to the Prime Minister and India Budget. It also provides its comments on all major schemes before being approved by the Finance Ministry.
The body is known for pioneering recruitment of ivy-league specialists from across the world through its Work For India initiative. The body's lateral entry is the largest in the country among government bodies with lateral hires account more than half of the core work force. The body's highly successful Young Professional program is being emulated by all central ministries and army.
Ministers of Planning[edit]
Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Gulzari Lal Nanda (Minister of Planning) |
24 September 1951 | 21 September 1963 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
Bali Ram Bhagat (MoS) |
21 September 1963 | 24 January 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
Ashok Mehta | 24 January 1966 | 05 September 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
Indira Gandhi | 05 September 1967 | 24 April 1971 | |||
C. Subramaniam | 24 April 1971 | 22 July 1972 | |||
D. P. Dhar | 22 July 1972 | 31 December 1974 | |||
Indira Gandhi | 02 January 1975 | 24 March 1977 | |||
N. D. Tiwari | 08 June 1980 | 08 August 1981 | Indira Gandhi | ||
S. B. Chavan | 08 August 1981 | 19 July 1984 | |||
Prakash Chandra Sethi | 19 July 1984 | 31 October 1984 | |||
P. V. Narasimha Rao (MoS, Independent Charge) |
04 November 1984 | 14 January 1985 | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | ||
Rajiv Gandhi | 14 January 1985 | 25 July 1987 | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
P. Shiv Shankar (Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation) |
25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | |||
Madhavsinh Solanki | 25 June 1988 | 02 December 1989 | |||
Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
Hansraj Bhardwaj (MoS, Independent Charge) |
21 June 1991 | 02 July 1992 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
Sukh Ram (MoS, Independent Charge) |
02 July 1992 | 18 January 1993 | |||
Giridhar Gamang (MoS, Independent Charge) |
18 January 1993 | 05 September 1995 | |||
Balram Singh Yadav (MoS, Independent Charge) |
15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
H. D. Deve Gowda | 01 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda | |
Yoginder K Alagh (MoS, Independent Charge) |
29 June 1996 | 09 June 1997 | Independent (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
I. K. Gujral | 09 June 1997 | 18 March 1998 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
I. K. Gujral | |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Minister of Planning 13 October 1999 onwards) |
18 March 1998 | 22 May 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
Manmohan Singh | 22 May 2004 | 26 May 2014 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
Rao Inderjit Singh (MoS, Independent Charge) |
26 May 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi |
References[edit]
- ↑ "NITI Aayog Budget Allocation Increased by More than 20%". Press Information Bureau. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.