On March 1, 2016, the government announced to do away with Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure from 2017-18. Plan and non-plan classification was a major exercise in...
Government of India introduced first National Population Policy in 1976, which focussed on reducing birth rate, lowering infant mortality rate and improving standard of life. The policy was...
NITI Aayog (Policy Commission) or National Institution for Transforming India was established via a Union Cabinet resolution on January 1, 2015 as a premier Policy Think Tank of...
From its establishment in 1950 till it was abolished recently, the Planning Commission stayed and stood tall amid all policy making institutions of the country for 65 years....
Jawaharlal Nehru was greatly influenced by the achievements of Soviet Planning. Since he also viewed democratic qualities of capitalism as indispensable for complete economic and social growth and...
India has completed eleven plans and twelfth is underway. The 65 years of planning in India has a mixed result. Sometimes targets have been realised while some other...
In order to achieve the long-term and short-term objectives set in the each five year, specific strategies are required. It involves allocation resources across different sectors of the...
In India objectives of planning are mainly classified as long-term objectives and short-term objectives. Long-term objectives try to solve the socio-economic issues that the country is facing over...
The planning era has ended with planning commission but here are some of the key features of Indian planning for academic purposes. Five Year Planning India’s plans are...
