Since the Prime Minister of India happened to be the ex-officio chairperson of Planning Commission of India, the position of the deputy chairperson had great significance.
From 1957 until 2014 23 persons have served as the deputy chairmen, but any woman not served in this post. The deputy chairmen Gulzarilal Nanda, P. V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh who served as Prime Minister of India. And Pranab Mukherjee who served this post in from 1991 to 1996, after served as the President of India. Two future chief ministers, former central ministers served in this post.
List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission # Portrait Name Term of office 1 Gulzarilal Nanda 2 V. T. Krishnamachari 3 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 22 September 1963 2 December 1963 4Ashok Mehta3 December 19631 September 19675 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 2 September 1967 1 May 1971 6C. Subramaniam2 May 197122 July 19727D. P. Dhar23 July 197231 December 19748 P. N. Haksar 4 January 1975 31 May 1977 9 D. T. Lakdawala 1 June 1977 15 February 1980 10 N. D. Tiwari 9 June 1980 8 August 1981 11 Shankarrao Chavan 9 August 1981 19 July 1984 12 Prakash Chandra Sethi 20 July 1984 31 October 1984 13 P. V. Narasimha Rao 1 November 1984 14 January 1985 14 Manmohan Singh 15 January 1985 31 August 1987 15 P. Shiv Shankar 25 July 1987 29 June 1988 16 Madhav Singh Solanki 30 June 1988 16 August 1989 17 Ramakrishna Hegde 5 December 1989 6 July 1990 18 Madhu Dandavate 7 July 1990 10 December 1990 19 Mohan Dharia 11 December 1990 24 June 1991 20 Pranab Mukherjee 24 June 1991 15 May 1996 21 Madhu Dandavate 1 August 1996 21 March 1998 22 Jaswant Singh 25 March 1998 4 February 1999 23 K. C. Pant 5 February 1999 17 June 2004 24 Montek Singh Ahluwalia 6 July 2004 26 May 2014
See also NITI Aayog
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