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ü The
Planning Commission formulates the five year plans in India.
ü The
Planning Commission plans for the social and economic development in India.
ü The
Planning Commission was set up on the recommendation of Planning Advisory board
in the year 1946.
ü The
Chairman of the Planning Advisory Board was K C Neogi.
ü The
Planning Commission was set up in March 1950.
ü The
Planning Commission was established through the executive resolution.
ü EXECUTIVE
RESOLUTION: The decision taken by the Cabinet.
ü The
Planning Commission is not a Constitutional body. It means it is not
mentioned in the Constitution.
ü The
Planning Commission is also not a statutory body. It means it is not
created by an act of Parliament.
COMPOSITION:
ü The
Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairman of the planning Commission.
·
Ex-officio means whoever is the Prime Minister he acts as
the Chairman of Planning Commission.
·
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of Planning
Commission.
·
The current Prime Minister is the current Chairman of the
Planning Commission.
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ü The
Planning Commission has a deputy chairman.
ü The
deputy chairman is considered to be the defacto head.
ü The
deputy chairman is appointed by the Cabinet.
ü The
status of the deputy chairman is equal to that of a cabinet minister.
ü The
Union Finance Minister and the Planning Ministers are the ex-officio members of
the Planning Commission.
ü There
are four to seven full time expert members. Their status is equal to the status
of Minister of State.
ü There
is a member-secretary to the Planning Commission. (Normally a senior member of
IAS).
ü NOTE:
In the Planning Commission there is no representation of states.
FUNCTIONS OF
PLANNING COMMISSION:
NOTE:
·
The Planning Commission is an advisory body.
·
The Planning Commission has no executive
responsibilities.
·
The Central and State Governments takes the final
decisions.
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The plans are implemented by the Central and state governments.
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ü The
Planning Commission makes an assessment of material, capital and human
resources of the country and investigates the possibilities of augmenting them.
ü The
Commission formulates a plan for the most effective and balanced utilization of
the country’s resources.
ü The
Planning Commission determines the priorities and define the strategies in
which the plan should be a carried out.
ü The
Planning Commission indicates the factors that retard the economic development.
ü NOTE:
What is the difference between economic growth and economic development?
ü The
Planning Commission appraises from time to time, the progress achieved in
execution of the plan and to recommend necessary adjustments.
ü The
Planning Commission makes appropriate recommendations for facilitating the
discharge of its duties or on a matter referred to it for advice by Central or
State governments.
PROGRAMME
ADVISORS:
ü This
is created in the year 1952.
ü This
acts as a link between the Planning Commission and the states in the field of
planning.
MISCELLANEOUS:
ü The
initial idea of establishing the Planning Commission is to act as an advisory
body.
ü Over
a period of time the Planning Commission became a directive body, because of
this reason the Planning Commission is criticized as
·
Super Cabinet
·
Economic Cabinet
·
Parallel Cabinet
·
Fifth Wheel of the coach
ü The
ARC (Administrative Reforms commission) of India (1966-70) criticized the
Planning Commission as a Parallel Cabinet and a Super Cabinet.
ü The
ARC recommended that the Prime Minister should not be the Chairman of the
Planning Commission.
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