Planning Commission

When &for what

 The Planning Commission in India
was set up on March 1950 to promote
a rapid rise in the standard of living
of the people by utilizing the
resources of the country, increasing
production and offering employment
opportunities to all.
responsibility
 formulating plans as to how the
resources can be used in the most
effective way.
 make periodic assessment of all
resources in the country
 boost up insufficient resources
Structure of the Planning
Commission:

 The Prime minister is the chairman of

the Planning Commission

 Jawaharlal Nehru was the first

chairman of the Planning
Commission
Office of the Planning commission

 The Deputy Chairman and the full

time members give advice and
guidance for the formulation of Five
Year Plan, Annual Plans, State Plans,
Projects and Schemes etc.
 Chairman - Dr. Manmohan Singh
2. Deputy Chairman- Shri Montek Singh
Ahluwalia
3 Minister of State- Shri M.V. Rajshekharan
4. Members - Dr. Kirit Parikh,Prof. Abhijit
Sen ,Dr. V.L. Chopra ,Dr. Bhalchandra
Mungekar ,Dr.(Ms.) Syeda Hameed ,Shri
B.N. Yugandhar ,Shri Anwar-ul-Hoda, Shri
B. K. Chaturvedi
5. Secretary- Dr. Subhas Pani
Functions of the Planning
Commission India:

 To make an assessment of the resources of the

country and to see which resources are deficient.
 To formulate plans for the most effective and
balanced utilization of country's resources.
 To indicate the factors which are hampering economic
development.
 To determine the machinery, that would be necessary
for the successful implementation of each stage of
plan.
 Periodical assessment of the progress of the plan.
 With the changing times, the Planning commission is
preparing itself for long term vision for the future. The
commission is seeing to maximize the output with
minimum resources.
 From being a centralized planning system, the Indian
economy is slowly progressing towards indicative
planning wherein the Planning Commission has set the
goal of constructing a long term strategic vision for the
future.
 It sets sectoral targets and provides the catalyst to the
economy to grow in the right direction.
 The Planning Commission plays an integrative role in
the development of a holistic approach to the
formulation of policies in critical areas of human and
economic development.
Planning board Kerala
 The Kerala State Planning Board is an advisory
board under the
Government of the State of Kerala, India. It was
constituted in 1967 with Chief Minister as
Chairman and a non-official as part time Vice-
Chairman.
 The board assists the state government in
formulating a development plan based on a
scientific assessment of the resources (material,
capital and human) available to the state.
 A comprehensive economic review of the state is
prepared by the board every year
 Chairman Sri V.S.
Achuthanandan                               
 Vice Chairman
 Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
 Members
 Dr. T M Thomas Issac, Minister for Finance
 Sri. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Minister for Home and Tourism
 Sri. C Divakaran, Minister for food and Civil Supplies and Animal
Husbandry 
 Adv. Mathew T Thomas, Minister for Transport
 Sri. Mons Joseph, Minister for works
 Sri. N K Premachandran, Minister for Water Resources
 Sri. P V Unnikrishnan
 Dr. K N Harilal
 Dr. Mridul Eapen
 Sri. C P Narayanan
 Dr. K Ramachandran Nair
 Member Secretary
 Teeka Ram Meena IAS
Secretary,
 Advisors
 Dr. Sushil Khanna
 Dr. K K Subrahmanyan
 Dr. C Chandrasekhar
 Dr. K K George
 Dr. M A Oommen
 Dr. Venketesh Athreya
  
 Plan Coordination Division
Agriculture Division
Industry & Infrastructure Division
Social Services Division
Decentralised Planning Division
Perspective Planning Division
Evaluation Division
Information Technology Wing
Library
Plan Co-ordination Division
 This Division co-ordinates all the activities concerned
with the technical functions of the State Planning
Board.It has been entrusted with the following
functions:
 Assist in the preparation of Economic Review.
 Prepare reports as to the resource allocation of the
state.
 Provide nuts and bolts regarding development plans
to the state and Central governments.
 Prepare background papers and notes for discussion
between Chief Minister of Kerala and Deputy
Chairman of Planning Commission
 Agriculture Division
 Agriculture Division deals with the Plan and Budget
preparation of the Departments of Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries,
Forestry and Wildlife, Co-operation, Water Resources,
Ground Water Development and Command Area
Development Authority. The Division also reviews the
performance of the concerned sectors for the
preparation of 'Economic Review' published by the
State Planning Board. The projects for external /NCDC
assistance are vetted in the Division before they are
trainings /workshops /seminars conducted in
connection with decentralised planning. The staff of
the Division effectively participate in the vetting of the
projects submitted for the approval of the State Level
Expert Committee.
Evaluation Division
 The Evaluation Division of the State
Planning Board is functioning since 1969.
The Division since its inception has
undertaken Monitoring and Evaluation of
two externally aided Projects: World Bank
assisted Kerala Agricultural Development
Project and EEC assisted Kerala Minor
Irrigation Project. As part of the People's
Campaign for the Ninth Five Year Plan of
the State, evaluation studies on
development programmes carried out by
local bodies were taken up by this Division
Social Service Division
 Social Service Division deals with the
subjects like education, medical and
public health, water supply and
sanitation, housing, information and
publicity, labour and labour welfare,
social welfare, nutrition
 Following are the functions of the
division:
 Formulation of Five Year Plan and
Annual Plan documents.
 Preparation of Annual Plan Budget.
 Providing technical assistance to the
State Planning Board over the
subjects concerned.
Industry and Infrastructure
Division

 The Division undertakes the following

works.
 Formulation of Five Year Plan and Annual
Plan.
 Preparation of Plan Budget.
 Preparation of Economy Review.
 Technical and expert opinion on matters
referred to State Planning Board.
 Processing of Government files.
 Preparation of Status Paper on various
sectors
 Project appraisal.
 Preparation of reports of Plan
committees and Working Groups.
 Review of implementation of Plan
Schemes.
 Preparation of reports/notes on
specific issues.
 Answering to LA interpellations.
 Mid term appraisal of Five Year Plans.
Decentralised Planning
Division

 The Division takes up the preparation of Five year

plans, Annual Plans, Budget Estimates, Economic
Review etc relating to :-
 Community Development and Panchayats.
 Rural Development.
 Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes.
 Urban Development.
 Co-ordination of Activities of plan formulation and
implementation by Local Governments.
 Preparation of Guidelines and instructions for Local
level planning.
Perspective Planning Division
 The Perspective Division is capable of doing
the following works.
 Formulate Five Year Plans, Annual Plans
and Annual Plan Budgets.
 Undertake studies on different subjects as
and when entrusted to the division.
 Give replies and remarks on Govt. files and
the letters from Government departments
Information and Technology
Wing

 It is under the supervision of IT Wing that the official

website of State Planning Board is monitored and
updated.
 The Wing also provides 'Information Technology'
based solutions to all the technical divisions and also
to the administration sections of the State Planning
Board.
 It also provides assistance for the computerisation of
Economic Review, Plan Budget and also for the
project details of the local bodies having undertaken
in the District Planning Offices.