2. NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL or
RASHTRIYA VIKAS
PARISHAD is the
apex body for
decision making
and deliberations
on developments
matters in
india,presided over
by the Prime
Minister.
3. The first meeting chaired by prime
minister, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU on
November8-9,1952.
So far 55 meetings had been held. The
55th meeting of National Development
Council was held on 24 July 2010 at
Vigyan Bhavan,New Delhi.
4. The National Development council is
presided over by the prime minister of
India and includes all the union
ministers, chief ministers of all the
states and administrators of union
territories and members of planning
commission. Minister of state with
independent charge are also invited to
deliberations of the council.
5. To strengthen and mobilize the effort
and resources of the nation in support
of the plan
to promote common economic policies
in all vital spheres,
and to ensure the balanced and rapid
development of all parts of country.
6. objective was not just growth, but
inclusive growth. This means a growth
which would bring tangible benefits to
the weaker sections, the SC/ST,
minorities and other excluded groups.
some assessment of our success in
achieving inclusiveness is possible using
other measures. One aspect of
inclusiveness is the growth performance
of individual States.
7. To prescribe guideline for the
formulation of the national plan,
including the assessment of resources
for the plan;
To consider the national plan as
formulated by the planning commission;
To consider important questions of the
social and economic policy affecting
national development;
8. And to review the working of the plan
from time to time and to recommend
such measures as are necessary for
achieving the aim and targets set out in
the national plan.
The prime function of the council is to
act as a kind of bridge between the
union government, the planning
commission and the state governments.
9. It helps in the coordination not only of
policies and programmes of plans but
also other matters of national
importance.
It provides the good forum for the
discussion and full and free exchange of
views. There is no other comparative
forum.
10. There have been occasions when the
reserve bank governor and other
experts have been invited to address
the meetings.
The large membership of the council,
which at one time rose to 50,reduced
the utility of the council for discussion
as a compact body and in November
1954 a standard committee was
established with only nine chief
ministers and a few union ministers as
members.
11. In addition, the council has been
appointing committees from time to
time for a detailed examination of
certain problems.
The council ordinarily meets twice a
year.
It is interesting to note that the council
ordinarily passes no resolution formally.
12. The practice is to have a complete
record of discussion and gather out of
its general trends
pinpointing particular conclusions.
Decisions are usually unanimous.
13. The NPC will function as the secretariat
to the NDC.
Facilitating the formulation of annual
budget and programme.
The Prime Minister will table the period
plan formulated by NPC in the meeting
of the meeting of the council for its
comments.
14. In the NDC meeting, the NPC will
recommend appropriate objectives and
policies for the periodic and annual plan.
The NPC will prepare agenda to be
discussed in the council meeting and will
distributed the same with cooperation
of concerned ministers.
15. The first issue
relates to
determining the
state level five
year plan for the
12th plan period.
The second issue
relates to
resources for the
plan.
16. The third issue is about Agriculture.
The fourth issue relates to the
management of energy resources.
The fifth issue relates to the
management of water resources
17. During the 56th national development
council meeting, chaired by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
on Saturday, Gogoi said international
internet connectivity from Cox Bazar
should be extended up to Guwahati as
the distance between the two places is
only 480 km. Gogoi said Internet
connectivity from Cox's Bazar and
Guwahati could be easily linked through
the Se-ME-WE-4 undersea cable station.
18. Dr Manmohan Singh(prime minister)
Pranab mukherjee(minister of finance)
Sharad chandra govindrao
pawar(minister of agriculture)
A K Antony(minister of defence)
Sushil Kumar(minister of power)
Kamal nath (minister of urban
development).
