Ministry of Planning (India)

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

Ministry of Planning
Branch of Government of India
Minister of Planning 2024
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of the Republic of India
Annual budget339.65 crores ($48 million) (2018-19)[1] including NITI Aayog
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Parent MinistryGovernment of India

NITI Aayog

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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

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Key
  • MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  • MoS – Minister of State
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Planning
1   Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
Unelected, until 1952
MP for Sabarkantha, from 1952
24 September
1951
13 May
1952
11 years, 362 days 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
(1922–2011)
MP for Arrah

(MoS)
21 September
1963
27 May
1964
2 years, 125 days
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
(1911–1984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, until 1967
MP for Bhandara, from 1967
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
1 year, 224 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
13 March
1967
5 September
1967
Indira II
  Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli

(Prime Minister)
5 September
1967
18 March
1971
3 years, 231 days
18 March
1971
24 April
1971
Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
4   Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani
24 April
1971
22 July
1972
1 year, 89 days
5 Durga Prasad Dhar
(1918–1975)
MP for Jammu and Kashmir
23 July
1972
31 December
1974
2 years, 161 days
  Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Raebareli

(Prime Minister)
2 January
1975
24 March
1977
2 years, 81 days
  Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat

(Prime Minister)
24 March
1977
28 July
1979
2 years, 126 days Janata Party Desai Self
  Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat

(Prime Minister)
28 July
1979
14 January
1980
170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Self
  Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak

(Prime Minister)
14 January
1980
8 June
1980
146 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
6   N. D. Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Nainital
8 June
1980
8 September
1981
1 year, 92 days
7   Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Nanded
8 September
1981
19 July
1984
2 years, 315 days
8   Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
19 July
1984
31 October
1984
104 days
9   P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda (until 1984)
MP for Ramtek (from 1984)
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
71 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
31 December
1984
14 January
1985
Rajiv II
  Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi

(Prime Minister)
14 January
1985
25 July
1987
2 years, 192 days
10   P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
25 July
1987
25 June
1988
336 days
11 Madhavsinh Solanki
(1927–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
25 June
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 160 days
  Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur

(Prime Minister)
2 December
1989
10 November
1990
343 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Self
  Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia

(Prime Minister)
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation
12   H. R. Bhardwaj
(1939–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh

(MoS, I/C)
21 June
1991
2 July
1992
1 year, 11 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
13 Sukh Ram
(1927–2022)
MP for Mandi

(MoS, I/C)
2 July
1992
18 January
1993
200 days
14   Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MP for Koraput

(MoS, I/C)
18 January
1993
15 September
1995
2 years, 240 days
15 Balram Singh Yadav
(1939–2005)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh

(MoS, I/C)
15 September
1995
16 May
1996
244 days
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
16 May
1996
1 June
1996
16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self
  H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected

(Prime Minister)
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
16   Yoginder K Alagh
(1939–2022)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat

(MoS, I/C)
29 June
1996
21 April
1997
345 days
21 April
1997
9 June
1997
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
  Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar

(Prime Minister)
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 days
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Self
Minister of Planning
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow

(Prime Minister)
13 October
1999
22 May
2004
4 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Self
  Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam

(Prime Minister)
22 May
2004
26 May
2014
10 years, 4 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self
Manmohan II
17   Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Gurgaon

(MoS, I/C)
26 May
2014
Incumbent 10 years, 204 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Modi II
Modi III

Ministers of State

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Planning
1   Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
18 March
1967
5 September
1967
171 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
2   Mohan Dharia
(1925–2013)
MP for Pune
2 May
1971
10 October
1974
3 years, 161 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
3   Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Raipur
10 October
1974
28 June
1975
261 days
4   Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
28 June
1975
12 May
1976
319 days
5 Sankar Ghose
Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal
21 April
1976
24 March
1977
337 days
6   Fazlur Rahman
MP for Bettiah
26 January
1979
15 July
1979
170 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
7 Harinath Mishra
MP for Darbhanga
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
57 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
8   K. R. Narayanan
(1921–2005)
MP for Ottapalam
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
268 days Rajiv II
9 Ajit Kumar Panja
(1936–2008)
MP for Calcutta North East
25 September
1985
22 October
1986
1 year, 27 days
10 Sukh Ram
(1927–2022)
MP for Mandi
22 October
1986
14 February
1988
1 year, 115 days
11 Biren Sing Engti
(born 1945)
MP for Autonomous District
14 February
1988
2 December
1989
1 year, 291 days
12   Bhagey Gobardhan
(1934–1993)
MP for Mayurbhanj
23 April
1990
10 November
1990
201 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Planning and Programme Implementation
13 Ratnamala Savanur
(born 1950)
MP for Chikkodi
9 June
1997
19 March
1998
283 days Janata Dal Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
14   Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North
20 April
1998
13 October
1999
1 year, 176 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Planning
15 Bangaru Laxman
(1939–2014)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
13 October
1999
22 November
1999
40 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16   Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
22 November
1999
24 July
2000
245 days
(16)   Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
7 November
2000
1 September
2001
298 days
17   Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk
1 September
2001
2 November
2001
62 days
18   Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for Jhalawar
2 November
2001
29 January
2003
1 year, 88 days
19   Satyabrata Mookherjee
(1932–2023)
MP for Krishnanagar
29 January
2003
22 May
2004
1 year, 114 days
20   M. V. Rajasekharan
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
23 May
2004
6 April
2008
3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
21   V. Narayanasamy
(born 1947)
MP for Puducherry
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
1 year, 46 days
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
1 year, 236 days Manmohan II
22   Ashwani Kumar
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
19 January
2011
28 October
2012
1 year, 283 days
23   Rajeev Shukla
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
28 October
2012
26 May
2014
1 year, 210 days

Deputy Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Deputy Minister of Planning
1   Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
(1920–2004)
MP for Darbhanga North
10 September
1954
17 April
1957
7 years, 212 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
17 April
1957
10 April
1962
Nehru III
2   Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Darbhanga
22 August
1960
10 April
1962
1 year, 231 days
3   C. R. Pattabhiraman
(1906–2001)
MP for Kumbakonam
8 May
1962
27 May
1964
2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
4   Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad
24 January
1966
14 February
1966
21 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi

References

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  1. ^ "NITI Aayog Budget Allocation Increased by More than 20%". Press Information Bureau. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.