The Ministry of Planning is a ministry of the Government of India, with the Prime Minister of India serving as its minister. The ministry's functions are carried out through the central agency, NITI Aayog.
NITI Aayog On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly constituted NITI Aayog. The Government of India announced the formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015. The first meeting of NITI Aayog was chaired by Narendra Modi on 8 February 2015.
NITI Aayog's mandate is to assist both the central and state governments in India's development by promoting cooperative federalism and involving state governments in the economic policy-making process through a bottom-up approach. The Governing Council of NITI Aayog, chaired by the Prime Minister, includes the Chief Ministers of all states and the Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories. In addition, temporary members are selected from leading universities and research institutions. The Council also consists of a Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and five ex-officio members. The Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog holds a rank equivalent to that of a Cabinet Minister.
NITI Aayog primarily provides policy inputs to the highest decision-making bodies. Through its Development Monitoring and Evaluation division (DMEO), it monitors all national and state schemes to provide an annual review to the Prime Minister and Budget of India. It also provides its comments on all major schemes before being approved by the Finance Ministry.
The body's lateral entry is the largest in the country among government bodies with lateral hires account more than half of the core work force. The body's Young Professional program is being emulated by all central ministries and the Army.
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PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of Planning 1 Gulzarilal Nanda 24 September1951 13 May1952 Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru 13 May1952 17 April1957 Nehru II 17 April1957 10 April1962 Nehru III 10 April1962 21 September1963 Nehru IV 2 Bali Ram Bhagat(MoS) 21 September1963 27 May1964 27 May1964 9 June1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda 9 June1964 11 January1966 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri 11 January1966 24 January1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda 3 Asoka Mehta 24 January1966 13 March1967 Indira I Indira Gandhi 13 March1967 5 September1967 Indira II Indira Gandhi(Prime Minister) 5 September1967 18 March1971 18 March1971 24 April1971 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III 4 Chidambaram Subramaniam 24 April1971 22 July1972 5 Durga Prasad Dhar 23 July1972 31 December1974 Indira Gandhi(Prime Minister) 2 January1975 24 March1977 Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 24 March1977 28 July1979 Janata Party Desai Self Charan Singh(Prime Minister) 28 July1979 14 January1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Self Indira Gandhi(Prime Minister) 14 January1980 8 June1980 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 6 N. D. Tiwari 8 June1980 8 September1981 7 Shankarrao Chavan 8 September1981 19 July1984 8 Prakash Chandra Sethi 19 July1984 31 October1984 9 P. V. Narasimha Rao 4 November1984 31 December1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi 31 December1984 14 January1985 Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi(Prime Minister) 14 January1985 25 July1987 10 P. Shiv Shankar 25 July1987 25 June1988 11 Madhavsinh Solanki 25 June1988 2 December1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh(Prime Minister) 2 December1989 10 November1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath Self Chandra Shekhar(Prime Minister) 10 November1990 21 June1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation 12 H. R. Bhardwaj(MoS, I/C) 21 June1991 2 July1992 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao 13 Sukh Ram(MoS, I/C) 2 July1992 18 January1993 14 Giridhar Gamang(MoS, I/C) 18 January1993 15 September1995 15 Balram Singh Yadav(MoS, I/C) 15 September1995 16 May1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 16 May1996 1 June1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June1996 29 June1996 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda 16 Yoginder K Alagh(MoS, I/C) 29 June1996 21 April1997 21 April1997 9 June1997 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral(Prime Minister) 9 June1997 19 March1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 19 March1998 13 October1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Self Minister of Planning Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 13 October1999 22 May2004 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Self Manmohan Singh(Prime Minister) 22 May2004 26 May2014 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self Manmohan II 17 Rao Inderjit Singh(MoS, I/C) 26 May2014 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Modi II Modi III
Ministers of State PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Planning 1 Kotha Raghuramaiah 18 March1967 5 September1967 Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi 2 Mohan Dharia 2 May1971 10 October1974 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III 3 Vidya Charan Shukla 10 October1974 28 June1975 4 Inder Kumar Gujral 28 June1975 12 May1976 5 Sankar Ghose 21 April1976 24 March1977 6 Fazlur Rahman 26 January1979 15 July1979 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai 7 Harinath Mishra 4 November1984 31 December1984 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi 8 K. R. Narayanan 31 December1984 25 September1985 Rajiv II 9 Ajit Kumar Panja 25 September1985 22 October1986 10 Sukh Ram 22 October1986 14 February1988 11 Biren Sing Engti 14 February1988 2 December1989 12 Bhagey Gobardhan 23 April1990 10 November1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh Minister of State for Planning and Programme Implementation 13 Ratnamala Savanur 9 June1997 19 March1998 Janata Dal Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral 14 Ram Naik 20 April1998 13 October1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of State for Planning 15 Bangaru Laxman 13 October1999 22 November1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 Arun Shourie 22 November1999 24 July2000 (16) Arun Shourie 7 November2000 1 September2001 17 Vijay Goel 1 September2001 2 November2001 18 Vasundhara Raje 2 November2001 29 January2003 19 Satyabrata Mookherjee 29 January2003 22 May2004 20 M. V. Rajasekharan 23 May2004 6 April2008 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 21 V. Narayanasamy 6 April2008 22 May2009 28 May2009 19 January2011 Manmohan II 22 Ashwani Kumar 19 January2011 28 October2012 23 Rajeev Shukla 28 October2012 26 May2014
Deputy Ministers PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Deputy Minister of Planning 1 Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra 10 September1954 17 April1957 Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru 17 April1957 10 April1962 Nehru III 2 Lalit Narayan Mishra 22 August1960 10 April1962 3 C. R. Pattabhiraman 8 May1962 27 May1964 Indian National Congress Nehru IV 27 May1964 9 June1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda 4 Dajisaheb Chavan 24 January1966 14 February1966 Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
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