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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 = | | 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 It has since been replaced by a new institution named [[NITI Aayog]].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 It has since been replaced by a new institution named [[NITI Aayog]].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 | 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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