The Planning Commission has been abolished and in its place the NITI Aayog has been created. Most observers see this only as a cosmetic change where a new title has been given to an old...
Chief Ministers of all states had to fulfill the annual ritual of appearing before the Planning Commission at the time of the Annual Plan discussions where the plan of the state governments were formalized. The...
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru had spearheaded the idea of introducing economic planning in India on the lines of similar efforts in the Soviet Union. Nehru was largely instrumental in the setting up of...
