write a short note on the planning
commision
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The Planning Commission was set up in March, 1950 by a Resolution of the Government of India which defined the scope of its work in the following terms :
" The Constitution of India has guaranteed certain Fundamental Rights to the citizens of India and enunciated certain Directive Principles of State Policy, in particular, that the State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life, and shall direct its policy towards securing, among other things,—
that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood ;
that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good ; and
that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment.
Having regard to these rights and in furtherance of these principles as well as of the declared objective of the Government to promote a rapid rise in the standard of living of the people by efficient exploitation of the resources of the country, increasing production, and offering opportunities to all for employment in the service of the community.
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