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Revision note: Planning in India: Five-Year Plans to NITI Aayog


  • Pre-1947: Visvesvaraya 1934, NPC 1938 (Nehru), Bombay Plan 1944, Gandhian 1944, People's 1945, Sarvodaya 1950
  • Planning Commission 15 Mar 1950 (Cabinet resolution); NDC 1952; Gadgil formula 1969
  • Plans: 1st Harrod–Domar; 2nd Mahalanobis (heavy industry); plan holiday 1966–69; Rolling Plan 1978–80; 11th "inclusive"; 12th (2012–17) last
  • "Hindu rate of growth" (Raj Krishna) ~3.5%
  • NITI Aayog 1 Jan 2015; PM chair; Governing Council of CMs; DMEO, AIM; no fund allocation; indices; Viksit Bharat @2047
  • Plan/non-plan distinction abolished from 2017–18
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