Ministry of Planning (India) explained

Ministry of Planning
Type:	Ministry
Seal:	Government of India logo.svg
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Jurisdiction:	Government of India
Budget:	339.65 crores ($48 million) (2018-19)^[1] including NITI Aayog
Minister1 Name:	Narendra Modi
Minister1 Pfo:	Prime Minister of India
Deputyminister1 Name:	Rao Inderjit Singh
Deputyminister1 Pfo:	Minister of State (Independent Charge)
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Parent Agency:	Government of India

Ministry of Planning is a ministry in India. The minister responsible is the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. The ministry's institutional capacity is exercised through the central agency: NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).

NITI Aayog

On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly formed NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India). Union Government of India announced the formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015. The first meeting of NITI Aayog was chaired by Narendra Modi on 8 February 2015.

NITI Aayog's mandate is to support the center and the states in transforming India by promoting cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach. The Governing Council of NITI, with The Prime Minister as its Chairman, comprises Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories (UTs). In addition, temporary members are selected from leading universities and research institutions. These members include a chief executive officer, four ex-officio members, and two part-time members. The agency's Vice Chairman holds a Cabinet Minister equivalent rank.

NITI Aayog primarily provides policy inputs to the highest decision making bodies. Through its monitoring and evaluation division, it monitors all national and state schemes to provide annual review to the Prime Minister and India Budget. It also provides its comments on all major schemes before being approved by the Finance Ministry.

The body is known for pioneering recruitment of Ivy League specialists from across the world through its Work For India initiative. The body's lateral entry is the largest in the country among government bodies with lateral hires account more than half of the core work force. The body's highly successful Young Professional program is being emulated by all central ministries and army.

Cabinet Ministers

Key

• MoS (I/C) Minister of State (Independent Charge)
• MoS Minister of State

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Planning
1			Gulzarilal Nanda	24 September 1951	13 May 1952		Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
				13 May 1952	17 April 1957			Nehru II
				17 April 1957	10 April 1962			Nehru III
				10 April 1962	21 September 1963			Nehru IV
2			Bali Ram Bhagat (MoS)	21 September 1963	27 May 1964
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
				9 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
3			Asoka Mehta	24 January 1966	13 March 1967			Indira I		Indira Gandhi
				13 March 1967	5 September 1967			Indira II
			Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister)	5 September 1967	18 March 1971
				18 March 1971	24 April 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
4			Chidambaram Subramaniam	24 April 1971	22 July 1972
5			Durga Prasad Dhar	23 July 1972	31 December 1974
			Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister)	2 January 1975	24 March 1977
			Morarji Desai (Prime Minister)	24 March 1977	28 July 1979		Janata Party	Desai		Self
			Charan Singh (Prime Minister)	28 July 1979	14 January 1980		Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Self
			Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister)	14 January 1980	8 June 1980		Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
6			N. D. Tiwari	8 June 1980	8 September 1981
7			Shankarrao Chavan	8 September 1981	19 July 1984
8			Prakash Chandra Sethi	19 July 1984	31 October 1984
9			P. V. Narasimha Rao	4 November 1984	31 December 1984			Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
				31 December 1984	14 January 1985			Rajiv II
			Rajiv Gandhi (Prime Minister)	14 January 1985	25 July 1987
10			P. Shiv Shankar	25 July 1987	25 June 1988
11			Madhavsinh Solanki	25 June 1988	2 December 1989
			Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	10 November 1990		Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Self
			Chandra Shekhar (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 June 1991		Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation
12			H. R. Bhardwaj (MoS, I/C)	21 June 1991	2 July 1992		Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
13			Sukh Ram (MoS, I/C)	2 July 1992	18 January 1993
14			Giridhar Gamang (MoS, I/C)	18 January 1993	15 September 1995
15			Balram Singh Yadav (MoS, I/C)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996
			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Self
			H. D. Deve Gowda (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996		Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
16			Yoginder K Alagh (MoS, I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997
				21 April 1997	9 June 1997			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
			Inder Kumar Gujral (Prime Minister)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998
			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Self
Minister of Planning
			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister)	13 October 1999	22 May 2004		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Self
			Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister)	22 May 2004	26 May 2014		Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Self
								Manmohan II
17			Rao Inderjit Singh (MoS, I/C)	26 May 2014	Incumbent		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
								Modi II
								Modi III

Ministers of State

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of State for Planning
1			Kotha Raghuramaiah	18 March 1967	5 September 1967		Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
2			Mohan Dharia	2 May 1971	10 October 1974		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
3			Vidya Charan Shukla	10 October 1974	28 June 1975
4			Inder Kumar Gujral	28 June 1975	12 May 1976
5			Sankar Ghose	21 April 1976	24 March 1977
6			Fazlur Rahman	26 January 1979	15 July 1979		Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
7			Harinath Mishra	4 November 1984	31 December 1984		Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
8			K. R. Narayanan	31 December 1984	25 September 1985			Rajiv II
9			Ajit Kumar Panja	25 September 1985	22 October 1986
10			Sukh Ram	22 October 1986	14 February 1988
11			Biren Sing Engti	14 February 1988	2 December 1989
12			Bhagey Gobardhan	23 April 1990	10 November 1990		Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Planning and Programme Implementation
13			Ratnamala Savanur	9 June 1997	19 March 1998		Janata Dal	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
14			Ram Naik	20 April 1998	13 October 1999		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Planning
15			Bangaru Laxman	13 October 1999	22 November 1999		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16			Arun Shourie	22 November 1999	24 July 2000
(16)			Arun Shourie	7 November 2000	1 September 2001
17			Vijay Goel	1 September 2001	2 November 2001
18			Vasundhara Raje	2 November 2001	29 January 2003
19			Satyabrata Mookherjee	29 January 2003	22 May 2004
20			M. V. Rajasekharan	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
21			V. Narayanasamy	6 April 2008	22 May 2009
				28 May 2009	19 January 2011			Manmohan II
22			Ashwani Kumar	19 January 2011	28 October 2012
23			Rajeev Shukla	28 October 2012	26 May 2014

Deputy Ministers

	Portrait		Minister	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Planning
1			Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	10 September 1954	17 April 1957		Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
				17 April 1957	10 April 1962			Nehru III
2			Lalit Narayan Mishra	22 August 1960	10 April 1962
3			C. R. Pattabhiraman	8 May 1962	27 May 1964		Indian National Congress	Nehru IV
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
4			Dajisaheb Chavan	24 January 1966	14 February 1966		Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi

Notes and References

1. News: NITI Aayog Budget Allocation Increased by More than 20%. Press Information Bureau. 2018-02-23. 2020-02-16.