The Planning Commission of India was established in 1950 to formulate and implement the Five Year Plans of the country. It is responsible for assessing resources, formulating plans for development, monitoring plans and schemes, and setting sectoral targets. The Planning Commission aims to maximize output while minimizing resources and has helped set long-term strategic vision and catalyze economic growth. It has overseen 12 Five Year Plans so far, with the goals of increasing food production, reducing poverty, and accelerating industrialization and development of natural resources following independence when conditions were dire.

1. Presentation on
The Planning Commission of
India
Presentation By:-
Meenu Baranwal
Mohit Garg
Sonam Barua

3. What is Plan?
• A Plan is a deliberate attempt to spell out how
the resources of a country should be put to use.
• It has some general and specific goals.
• In India, plans are of five year duration and are
called FIVE YEAR PLAN.

4. Planning Commission
• The Planning commission is an institution
of Government of India.
• A formal model of planning.
• Established on March 1950.
• It is located at Yojana Bhawan, Sansad
Marg, New Delhi
• It was established with article 39 of the
constitution.

5. Organisation of PCI
• National Development Council
• Chairman (Prime Minister)
• Deputy Chairman
• Full time Members of the Commission
• A Composite Body
• Formulation of Five Year Plans, Annual
Plans, State Plans, Monitoring Plan
Programmes, Projects and Schemes.

6. Objectives
• After independence, India was in dire conditions and
needed to start acting soon
• Some of the problems necessitated need for an immediate
plan:
 Vicious circle of poverty
 Foreign Trade
 Need for Rapid industrialization
 Population pressure
 Development of Natural resources
 Capital Deficiency & Market imperfections
 To increase food production.

7. Functions of PCI
• To make an assessment of the resources.
• To formulate plans for efficient utilization of
country's resources.
• To indicate the factors which are hampering
economic development.
• To determine the things necessary for the
successful implementation of each stage of plan.
• Periodical assessment of the progress of the plan.
• Maximize the output with Minimum resources
with the changing times.

8. Functions of PCI
• The Planning Commission has set the goal for
constructing a long term strategic vision.
• 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 critical areas of
human and economic development.

9. The Planning Commission has 34 divisions
and these divisions are as follows:

10. List of Five year plans
• First Five Year Plan (1951-56)
• Second Five Year Plan (1956-61)
• Third Five Year Plan (1961-66)
• Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74)
• Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79)
• Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-85)
• Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-1990)
• Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97)
• Nineth Five Year Plan (1997-2002)
• Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007)
• Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
• Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17)

11. Achievement of FYP

12. Growth Rate (in %)

14. PRESENTED TO :-
Dr. Nischay Upmanyu
PRESENTED BY:-
Meenu Baranwal
Mohit Garg
Sonam Barua
BBA 3rd Sem. (A)