Question

Who is the chairman of planning commission in India:

• A. President
• B. Vice president
• C. Prime Minister
• D. Finance Minister

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Prime Minister

• The Chairman of the Planning Commission in India was always the Prime Minister of India.

• To elaborate further:

• The Planning Commission was established in 1950 by a resolution of the Government of India to oversee the country's economic development through Five-Year Plans.

• Every Prime Minister, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh, served as the ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission during their tenure.

• The Planning Commission had a Deputy Chairman who handled the day-to-day operations. According to the webpage, the first Deputy Chairman was Gulzarilal Nanda.

• The Commission was responsible for formulating, executing, and monitoring the implementation of the Five-Year Plans.

• In 2015, the Planning Commission was dissolved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and replaced by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which has a different structure but is still chaired by the Prime Minister.

• The Planning Commission was primarily an advisory body