| Post: | Deputy Chairman |
| Chairman of Planning Commission | |
| Status: | Abolished |
| Body: | Planning Commission |
| Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
| Insignia: | Emblem of India.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of India |
| Termlength: | Five years |
| Appointer: | Prime Minister of India |
| Inaugural: | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Last: | Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
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. Many future chief ministers, former central ministers served in this post.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | 22 September 1963 | 2 December 1963 | |||
| 4 | 2 September 1967 | 1 May 1971 | |||
| 8 | 4 January 1975 | 31 May 1977 | |||
| 9 | 1 June 1977 | 15 February 1980 | |||
| 10 | 9 June 1980 | 8 August 1981 | |||
| 11 | 9 August 1981 | 19 July 1984 | |||
| 12 | 20 July 1984 | 31 October 1984 | |||
| 13 | 1 November 1984 | 14 January 1985 | |||
| 14 | 15 January 1985 | 31 August 1987 | |||
| 15 | 25 July 1987 | 29 June 1988 | |||
| 16 | 30 June 1988 | 16 August 1989 | |||
| 17 | 5 December 1989 | 6 July 1990 | |||
| 18 | 7 July 1990 | 10 December 1990 | |||
| 19 | 11 December 1990 | 24 June 1991 | |||
| 20 | 24 June 1991 | 15 May 1996 | |||
| (18) | 1 August 1996 | 21 March 1998 | |||
| 21 | 25 March 1998 | 4 February 1999 | |||
| 22 | K. C. Pant | 5 February 1999 | 17 June 2004 | ||
| 23 | 6 July 2004 | 26 May 2014 | |||