The Planning Commission was established in 1950 by the Government of India to promote equitable economic and social development. Its key responsibilities included assessing resources, formulating plans to utilize resources effectively, and determining priorities. The first Five-Year Plan was launched in 1951. Over time, the Planning Commission guided several Five-Year Plans and the annual plans between them. The Plans aimed to achieve objectives like equitable growth, poverty alleviation, food security, employment generation, and self-reliance. Major sectors like agriculture, industry, education, health, rural development, and infrastructure received significant allocations to foster balanced development across the country.

1. By
Mr. Amit Helegaonkar
Mr. Harsh Bhadauria
Mr. Rajesh Kolkondi
Mr. Ramesh Khadtare
Mr. Prafulla Kharote
Mr. Satish Kadam

2. History – Planning Commission
 Set up by a Resolution of the Govt. of India in March 1950.
 Objective:
 To promote a rapid rise in the standard of living of the people.
 Responsibilities:
 To make assessment of all resources of the country
 Augmenting deficient resources, formulating plans for the most effective
and balanced utilization of resources
 Determining priorities
 The first Five-year Plan was launched in 1951.
Visionary Leadership: Subhas Bose arriving at Bombay's Victoria Terminus railway station to
inaugurate the All India Industrial Planning Committee meeting.
Forerunner of the Planning Commission of India, the All India Industrial Planning Committee
was set up in 1938 by Bose as Congress president with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as its
chairman. (HT Library)

3. Functions Of Planning
 Make an assessment - Material, Capital and Human Resources of the
country.
 Formulate a Plan - for the most effective and balanced utilization of
country's resources.
 Determination of priorities
 Indicate factors and Determine the conditions - Social, Economical
and political situation.
 Determine the Tools/Techniques.
 Monitoring at regular intervals - Progress in execution of each stage,
Recommend adjustments of policy and measures.

4. Organisation
 Dr. Manmohan Singh, Chairman
 Sh. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy. Chairman
 Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State
 Members
 Shri B. K. Chaturvedi
 Saumitra Chaudhuri
 Dr. Syeda Hameed
 Dr. Narender Jadhav
 Prof. Abhijit Sen
 Dr. Mihir Shah
 Dr. K. Kasturirangan
 Sh. Arun Maira
 Ms. Sudha Pillai, Member Secretary
 Senior Officials
 Grievance Officers

5. Divisions
 CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS
 FINANCIAL RESOURCE
 PERSPECTIVE PLANNING
 PROJECT APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT
 PROGRAMME OUTCOME RESPONSE MONITORING
 PROGRAMME EVALUATION ORGANISATION
 SOCIO ECONOMIC RESEARCH
 WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

6. Components Of Planning
National Plans
o Long term Perspective Plans
o Five year Plans
o Annual Plans
State Plans

7. Perspective Plan
 Purpose :
 To indicate the desired directions of economic activities.
 To serve as pointers in formulating the operational targets that go
into five year plans.
 The perspective plan formulated along two principal lines:
 The part that deals with the overall strategy; also indicates the magnitude and type of
resource mobilization that will be called for as well as with the question of external
financing that may be necessary.
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The other and more detailed part dealing with projected developments in a number of
key sectors of the economy which have significant backward and forward linkages. Once,
key sectors are laid, the perspective plan also tries to indicate a certain time phasing of
activities that will be called for if these objectives are to be realized.

8. Annual Plan
It is the important operational instrument of the five year plans.
It provides an occasion for stocktaking
It also assesses progress of the plan from year to year.

9. Five Year Plan
The documented plan based on recommendations by a large
number of working groups which deal with the major sector of
economic activities.
It lays down broad strategies, objectives, growth rate, sectoral
targets, etc.
Because of our federal nature, every five year plan has:
 A central component
 A state component (social services, agriculture, irrigation, infrastructural
activities such as power, roads etc.)

10. Process of five year plans
 A draft plan is presented for an approval to the National Development
Council, which consist of the planning commission and the chief
ministers of the states.
 The council can make changes to the draft plan.
 After the council's approval, it is presented to the cabinet and
subsequently to parliament, whose approval makes the plan an
operating document for central and state government.
 Chairman, works under the overall guidance of the NDC.
 Deputy chairman and members provide advice and guidance to the
subject divisions for the formulation of five year plans, annual plans,
state plans, monitoring plan progress.

12. First Five Year Plan(1951-55)
Objectives:
 To correct the disequilibrium in the Indian economy caused by the
second world war and the partition of the country.
 To achieve self sufficiency in food grains production and to
improve availability of raw materials
 To control inflationary tendencies
 To attempt to provide for an all round balanced development
which would ensure a rising, national income and a steady
improvement in living standards over a period of five years.

13. Second Five Year Plan(1956-60)
Objectives:
 To secure an increase in national income by about 25 percent over
five years.
 To initiate rapid industrialization with special emphasis on basic
and heavy industries. To generate more employment opportunities
 To reduce the growing inequalities in the distribution of income
and wealth. To increase the rate of investment from 7 percent of
National income to 11 percent of National income by 1960-61.

14. Third Five Year Plan(1961-65)
Objectives:
 To secure a growth in National Income of over 5 percent per
annum
 To achieve self sufficiency in food grains and to increase
agricultural production to meet the requirements for industrial
development and export promotion
 To expand basic industries like steel, chemicals, fuel, and power
and machine building capacity so that future industrial
requirements can be satisfied domestically.
 To utilize manpower efficiently by generating more employment
opportunities.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1961
3.87
84.18
1962
3.13
59.40
1963
6.28
58.30
1964
7.44
65.36
1965
21.51
74.52

15. Plan Holiday : 1966-69
1966 and 1968 : Famine years
Economic difficulties disrupted the planning process
in the mid 1960s.
 India faced two wars one with china in 1962 and then with
Pakistan in 1965.
 There was negative impact on industrial and agriculture growth.
 Three annual plans guided development between FY 1966 and FY
1968 while plan policies and strategies were re-evaluated.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1966
-0.04
120.73
1967
7.83
90.81
1968
3.37
96.95
1969
6.54
100.30

16. Fourth Five Year Plan(1969-73)
Objectives:
 To attain a 5.5 percent growth in national income per annum
 To bring about economic stability
 To achieve self reliance
 To achieve social justice and equality
 To utilize Panchayati Raj institutions in local and regional
planning.
 To recognize the management of public enterprises.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1969
6.54
100.30
1970
5.15
107.89
1971
1.63
111.76
1972
-0.55
118.28
1973
3.32
124.11

17. Fifth Five Year Plan(1974-78)
Objectives:
 To remove poverty and achieve self reliance
 To achieve an adequate expansion of employment opportunities
particularly in rural areas.
 To achieve development without stimulating further inflationary
pressures by introducing fiscal and monetary measures.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1974
1.18
145.42
1975
9.15
164.70
1976
1.66
158.12
1977
7.26
161.06
1978
5.71
186.45

18. Sixth Five Year Plan(1980-84)
Objectives:
 To remove widespread poverty particularly in rural areas to have
an appreciable step up in the rate of growth of the economy.
 To strengthen the impulses of modernization for economic and
technological self reliance to provide basic needs of the people
(drinking water, elementary education, health, etc).
 To reduce inequalities of income and wealth through
redistribution in favour of the poor.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1980
6.74
224.48
1981
6.00
267.41
1982
3.47
270.99
1983
7.30
275.13
1984
3.82
293.12

19. Seventh Five Year Plan(1985-89)
Objectives:
 To achieve growth, equity, social justice, self reliance and
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improved efficiency and productivity
To accelerate production of food grains
To increase employment opportunities
To lessen agricultural constraints on industrial development
To initiate rapid expansion of scientific and technological
capabilities.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1985
5.23
279.68
1986
4.77
300.52
1987
3.96
315.09
1988
9.64
345.57
1989
5.95
359.43

20. Eight Five Year Plan(1992-96)
Objective:
 Managing the change and transition from a centrally
planned economy to a market led economy, without
fearing our socio-cultural fabric.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
1992
5.48
308.73
1993
4.77
278.15
1994
6.65
306.94
1995
7.57
353.29
1996
7.56
382.22

21. Ninth Five Year Plan(1997-2001)
Prepared under the United Front Govt. was released in Mar’98.
The same was modified and approved by the NDC in Feb’99, (2
yrs after its implementation from Apr’97).
Objectives:
 The Ninth Plan was developed in the context of four important
dimensions of state policy, viz. Quality of life, generation of
productive employment, regional balance and self-reliance.
 The Ninth Plan focused on accelerated growth, recognizing a
special role for agriculture for its stronger poverty reducing and
employment generating effects, which will be carried out over a 15
year period.
 The focus of the Ninth Plan was on: "Growth with Social Justice
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
and Equality' Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
4.05
6.19
7.39
4.03
5.22
GDP per capita (current US$)
409.32
425.63
423.80
450.92
452.97

22. Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-06)
 Prepared with High Expectations:
 GDP growth in the post-reforms period improved to an average of
about 6.1 per cent in the Eighth and Ninth Plans from an average
of about 5.7 percent in the 1980s, making India one of the ten
fastest growing developing countries.
 The percentage of population in poverty continued to decline,
even if not as much as was targeted.
 Population growth decelerated below 2 per cent for the first time
in four decades.
 Literacy increased from 52 per cent in 1991 to 65 per cent in 2001
and the improvement was evident in all States.
Objectives:
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To strengthen sectors such as software services and IT enabled services which
were emerging and creating confidence about India's potential.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
2002
3.77
462.82
2003
8.37
483.66
2004
8.28
563.19
2005
9.30
667.68
2006
9.44
764.85

24. Objective
 “Faster and More Inclusive Growth.”
 Growth rate of approximately 10% by the end of plan period.
 Growth of 4% in agriculture sector, faster employment
creation.
 Reducing disparities across regions and ensuring access to
basic physical infrastructure and health and education
services to all.
Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP per capita (current US$)
2007
9.63
855.27
2008
5.12
1096.04
2009
7.66
1065.13
2010
8.37
1134.01

25. Allocation for Major Sectors
Increase in provision for:
 Bharat Nirman by 31.6% from Rs 18,696 crore to Rs 24,603
crore.
 Education by 34.2% to Rs 32,352 crore & for health and
family welfare by 21.9% to Rs 15,291 crore.
 Drinking Water and Sanitation: Allocation for Rajiv Gandhi
Drinking Water Mission to be increased from Rs 4,680 crore
to Rs 5,850 crore and for Total Sanitation Campaign from Rs
720 crore to Rs 954 crore.

26. Means-Cum-Merit Scholarships
 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme to be
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introduced to arrest drop out ratio;
Selection through a national test from among students
who have passed class VIII;
Each student to be given Rs 6,000 per year;
100,000 scholarships to be awarded every year;
A corpus fund of Rs 750 crore to be created this year,
and augmented by a like amount annually over the next
three years.

27. Health Sector, National Rural Health
Mission
 All districts to complete preparation of
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District Action Health Plans by March 2007
Major emphasis to be on mother and child
care and on prevention and treatment of
communicable diseases
Convergence sought to be achieved among
various programmes such as
immunization, antenatal care, nutrition
and sanitation through Monthly Health
Days (MHD) organised at Anganwadi
centres
320,000 Associated Social Health Activists
(ASHAs) recruited with over 200,000 given
orientation training
90,000 link workers selected by the States
AYUSH systems being mainstreamed into
health delivery system at all levels; increase
in allocation forNRHM from Rs 8,207 crore
to Rs 9,947 crore.

28. HIV/AIDS/Polio
 NACP-III, starting in 2007-08, to target high risk
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groups
Access to condoms to be expanded and universal
access to blood screening and safe blood to be
ensured
More hospitals to provide treatment to prevent
transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child;
provision for AIDS control programme to be Rs 969
crore.
Number of polio rounds to be increased,
monovalent vaccine to be introduced, with
intensive coverage in the 20 high risk districts of
Uttar Pardesh and 10 districts of Bihar
Provision for AIDS control programme to be Rs 969
crore.

29. Integrated Child Development Services
 To cover all habitations and settlements during
Eleventh Plan and to reach out to pregnant women,
lactating mothers and all children below the age of six
 Allocation to be increased from Rs 4,087 crore to
Rs 4,761 crore.

30. National Rural Employment Gurantee
Scheme
 Allocation of Rs 12,000 crore for NREGS;
 coverage to expand from 200 districts to 330 districts;
Rs 2,800 crore provided for Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar
Yojana in districts not covered by NREGS;
 allocation for Swaranjayanti Gram Sarozgar Yojana to
promote self employment among rural poor to increase
from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,800 crore

31. Urban Employment
 Increase in allocation for Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar
Yojana from Rs 250 crore to Rs 344 crore.
 Targeted PDS and Antyodaya Anna Yojana: Scheme for
evaluation, monitoring, management and
strengthening of targeted PDS to be implemented, will
include computerization of PDS and an integrated
information system in Food Corporation of India.

32. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
 Allocation of Rs 3,271 crore in respect of schemes benefiting only
SCs and STs and Rs 17,691 crore in respect of schemes with at least
20% of benefits earmarked for SCs and STs
 To increase in allocation for Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship
Programme from Rs 35 crore to Rs 88 crore
 Post- Matric Scholarships: provision to be increased from Rs 440
crore to Rs 611 crore; a separate provision of Rs 91 crore proposed
for similar scholarships to students belonging to socially and
educationally backward classes.

33. Minorities/ Woman
 Increase in share capital of National
Minorities
 Development and Finance Corporation to Rs
63 crore; provision of Rs 108 crore for a multisector development programme in districts
with a concentration of minorities; allocation
for Pre-matric scholarships at Rs 72 crore,
Post-matric scholarships at Rs 90 crore and
Merit-cum-Means scholarships at graduate
and postgraduate levels at Rs 48.60 crore.
 Outlay for 100% women specific programmes
is Rs 8,795 crore and for schemes where at
least 30% allocation is for women specific
programmes is Rs 22,382 crore.

34. North Eastern Region (NER)
 Allocation increased from Rs 12,041 crore to Rs 14,365
crore
 New industrial policy for NER, with suitable fiscal
incentives to be in place before March 31, 2007.

35. Supplement to GBS
 Allocation under plan ‘A’ at Rs
205,100 crore
 Under plan ‘B’, additional
resources to the extent of Rs
7,000 crore to be found
through better tax
administration during the
course of the year
 Under plan ‘C’ resources
available outside Budget to be
leveraged for investment,
especially in infrastructure.

36. GDP growth over the years – in USD
GDP Growth of India in USD

37. GDP growth over the years - Percentage
Data Source: World Bank: World Development Indicators: Last updated on October 23, 2010.

38. Thank You!!!
Mr. Amit Helegaonkar
Mr. Harsh Bhadauria
Mr. Rajesh Kolkondi
Mr. Ramesh Khadtare
Mr. Prafulla Kharote
Mr. Satish Kadam
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