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Note:
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The National Development Council is not a Constitutional
body.
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The National Development Council is not a statutory body.
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ü The
National Development Council was set up in the year 1952.
ü The
National Development Council was set up on the recommendation of first five
year plan draft.
ü The
National Development Council was set up through the executive resolution.
ü The
National Development Council is an advisory body to the Planning Commission.
ü The
recommendations of National Development Council are not binding.
ü The
National Development Council should meet at least twice every year.
COMPOSITION:
ü The
Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the National Development
Council.
ü All
Union Cabinet ministers are the members of National Development Council.
ü Chief
Ministers of all the states are the members of the National Development
Council.
ü The
Members of Planning Commission are the members of National Development Council.
ü The
secretary of the Planning Commission acts as the secretary of National
Development Council.
FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:
ü The
NDC provides the guidelines for preparation of the five year plan.
ü The
NDC considers the national plan as prepared by the Planning Commission.
ü The
NDC makes an assessment of the resources that are required for implementing the
plan and suggest methods for augmenting them.
ü The
NDC considers the important questions of social and economic policy affecting
national development.
ü The
NDC reviews the national plan from time to time.
ü The
NDC recommends the measures for achievement of aims and targets set out in the
national plan.
HOW DOES THE
PROCESS GO?
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Planning Commission --> Union Cabinet --> NDC -->
Parliament
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ü The
Planning Commission prepares the draft five-year plan.
ü The
draft is submitted to the Union Cabinet for its approval.
ü After
the approval by the Union cabinet the draft is placed before the NDC.
ü After
the approval by the NDC the five year plan is placed before the Parliament.
ü With
the approval of the Parliament the draft becomes the official plan.
MISCELLANEOUS:
ü The
Sarkaria Commission (1983 – 1987) on Centre-state relations recommended that the
National Development Council should be given a constitutional status under
article 263.
ü The
Sarkaria commission also recommended that the NDC should be renamed as National
Economic and Development Council.
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