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Five-Year Plans of India

Five-Year Plans of India From Janardan1234.blogspot.com, A Free Website Jump to navigation Jump to search From 1947 to 2017, the  Indian economy  was premised on the concept of  planning . This was carried through the  Five-Year Plans , developed, executed, and monitored by the  Planning Commission  (1951-2014) and the  NITI Aayog  (2015-2017). With the  prime minister  as the ex-officio chairman, the commission has a nominated deputy chairman, who holds the rank of a cabinet Minister.  Montek Singh Ahluwalia  is the last deputy chairman of the commission (resigned on 26 May 2014). The Twelfth Plan completed its term in March 2017. [1]  Prior to the Fourth Plan, the allocation of state resources was based on schematic patterns rather than a transparent and objective mechanism, which led to the adoption of the  Gadgil formula  in 1969. Revised versions of the formula have been used since then to deter...