Planning

& Development
CLASS
12

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 Planning Commission
• It was set in March 1950.
• It was setup by a simple resolution of the
government of India.
• Jawaharlal Nehru was the chairperson of the
planning commission.
• It has an advisory role but its
recommendations become effective only the
union government approved i.e. cabinet
approval. By- SG CLASSE
 Five year Plans:
The planning commission of India opted for 5 year plan so
basically the idea was to prepare a document that includes
all income and expenditure for the next five years.
• So first five year plan came in 1951 - 1956 address mainly
the agrarian sector.
• The second five year plan came in 1956 – 61.
• It was focused on heavy industries.
• Third five year plan came in 1956 -61.
• It was not significantly different from the second.
• India faced active economic crisis during this period
therefore the government decided to take a ‘plan holiday’.
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 NDC { National Development
Council}
• it is the highest body for decision making and development matters in our country.
• It was founded on 6th August 1952.
• it is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body.
• It was formed to take decisions on the matters related to five year plans.

Compositi
• Prime Minister- as the offico Objectives
chairperson. on
• To ensure the cooperation.
• It includes all chief ministers
• To ensure that the resources of
and administrators of all union
the nation to be used and
territories.
support the plan.
• All members of the planning
• To promote economic policies
Commission.
along with rapid development
• Its first meeting was held on 9
through out the country.
Nov 1952, which was chaired by
Jawaharlal Nehru. By- SG CLASSE
NDC { National Development
Council}
• Constitutional body means- established after
passing an act in parliament. For eg. NITI AYOG, CBI,
STATE HUMAN RTS COMMISSION ETC.
• WHERE AS NON STATUTORY MEANS- Made by the
but not mentioned in the constitution.
 Functions
• To provide guidelines for National plans.
• NDC considers the National plans formed by
the planning commission and also assessed
the recourses for the plan.
• It provides suggestive measures and
implementation plan too.
• It also monitored socio economic policy
should not affects national development and
for that it, review the working of the
By-plan.
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 Present status of NDC
• 57 meeting has been held so far it
was the last one and it was held on
December 27, 2012 at Vigyan Bhawan
New Delhi. The planning to abolish and
NDC has been proposed but till date no
resolution has been past due to the
Inception of Niti Aayog which is more or
less similar to NDC, no work assigned to
this Council. By- SG CLASSE
 NITI Aayog
• Niti Aayog i.e. National institution for
transforming of India was formed on 1st January
2015. It replaced planning commission which was
instituted in 1950 with the help of a resolution of
the Union Cabinet in January 2015. It is referred
as think tank because Aayog design important
Long Term Policies and programmes for the
government along with it provides necessary
technical advice to the central government and
state government the head office of Niti Aayog is
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Why NITI Aayog was formed?
• Planning Commission based on socialist model FOR THE
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA. (BUT IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
ESPECIALLY IN THE 21st C IT WAS BECOME INEFFECTIVE &
IRREVALENT.HENCE DURING THE INDEPENDECE DAY SPEECH OF 15TH
AUG,2014,PM MODI TALKED ABOUT THE ABOLITION OF THE PLANNI G
COMMISSION. )
• Liberalisation of economy in India compelled the need
for better Technology.
• Formation of Niti Aayog were declared by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in 2014 and thereby it replace planning
Commission on 1 Jan 2015.

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 Objectives
• Pay more attention and economically deprived sections of people.
• To Foster Cooperative federalism .( NITI AYOG IS DIFFERENT FROM
PLANNING COMMISSION IN A SENSE THAT IT TALKS ABOUT COOPERATION
WITH STATES, THEIR INTEREST, HELP & SUPPORT CONTINUOUSLY SO THAT
STATE CAN MAKE PROGRESS, DEVELOP & STRONG.
• to devise a shared vision.(IT MEANS TO DEVISE A STRATEGY ,SO AS TO
INVOLVE STATES IN THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & IN ALL SECTORS.
• To design strategic and Long Term Policies.(FOR EG. 3YR PROJECT, 7YR
POLICY, 15YR VISION DOCUMENT)
• To upgrade Technology along with monitor the existing programs and
policies .
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Composition of NITI Aayog
He appoints the Vice chairperson ( Arvind
Panagariya) FIRST CHAIRPERSON

The Ex – officio
Chairman
Present Vice Chairman (Suman K Bery)
VK Sarwat, Vinod Paul,
Ramesh Chand ( Full
Time Members)
All chief Ministers and
Lt. Governors are the
Governing council of BVR Subrahmanyam CEO
this Aayog.

By- SG CLASSE
 Functions
• To work in coordination between center and
state government.
• It ensures scheme should implement properly
and it takes initiatives for ruler development.
• It gives advice and encourage partnership.
• Technology upgradation is also one of the
key function of Niti Aayog.
• It also ensures monitoring of implementation
of programmes. By- SG CLASSE