Q.1 Write a Brief history of Five Year Plans in India.
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Since 1947, the Indian economy has been premised on the concept of planning. This has been carried through the Five-Year Plans, developed, executed, and monitored by the Planning Commission (NITI Aayog after 2014). 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 Eleventh Plan completed its term in March 2012 and the
Twelfth Plan is currently underway.[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
determine the allocation of central assistance for state plans.[2] The new government led by Narendra Modi, elected in 2014, has announced the dissolution of the Planning Commission, and its replacement by a think tank called the NITI Aayog (an acronym for National Institution for Transforming India).
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