- PII
- S0321-50750000616-3-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000616-3-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue №4
- Pages
- 52-57
- Abstract
- In the Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared the abolition of the outdated Planning Commission and its replacement with an absolutely new body that will meet imperatives of our time. Along with other government initiatives, this event deserves attention of researchers too.The Planning Commission has played a very important role at the beginning stage of independent development and has become an integral part of state-building hereinafter. In my opinion, the economic reforms 1990s were the most serious check on durability for the Planning Commission. And then, it was decided that Five Year Plans should be retained. In January 2015 the Government of India was taken decision to establish a new institution named NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog. The article analyzes the main landmarks in the history of the Planning Commission and also explores prospects for a new body.
- Keywords
- Narendra Modi, Planning Commission, planning process, centre-state relations, NITI Aayog
- Date of publication
- 01.04.2016
- Year of publication
- 2016
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 1226