GROUP 7Chacko Jacob(20), Shakti Shekhar (34), Nishant Gulati(44)Siddhesh Joshi(61), Pritam Sonawane(63), Tarun Sethi (67)

Introduction – Planning Commission

Functions of the Planning Commission

Organizational chart

National Development Council

Formulation of the 5 year plans – procedure

Evaluation Setup for the plans

Review of the 5-year plans

Proper utilization of the national resources in

accordance of the national priorities and fast

development of the economy.

Alleviation and ultimate removal of unemployment

and poverty.

Improvements in the standard of living in general

The Planning Commission was set up by a Resolution of the

Government of India in March 1950

The Planning Commission was charged with the responsibility

of making assessment of all resources of the country,

augmenting deficient resources, formulating plans for the most

effective and balanced utilisation of resources and determining

priorities.

The 1950 resolution setting up the Planning Commission

outlined its functions as-

Make an assessment of the material, capital and

human resources of the country, and investigate the

possibilities of augmenting such of these resources as are

found to be deficient in relation to the nation’s requirement;

Formulate a Plan for the most effective and balanced

utilization of country's resources;

On a determination of priorities, define the stages in

which the Plan should be carried out and propose the

allocation of resources for the due completion of each

stage;

Indicate the factors which are tending to retard

economic development, and determine the conditions

which, in view of the current social and political situation,

should be established for the successful execution of the

Plan;

Determine the nature of the machinery which will be

necessary for securing the successful implementation of

each stage of the Plan in all its aspects;

Appraise from time to time the progress achieved in

the execution of each stage of the Plan and recommend the

adjustments of policy when required

Functions To prescribe guidelines for the formulation of the national plan To consider the national plan as formulated by planning

commission To consider important questions of social and economic policy

affecting national development To review working of plan from time to time.

In Short, NDC has a decisive role in the formulation & follow-up of the execution of the National Plan

NDC is a committee working closely with the Planning commission.

It is presided over by the Prime Minister and is composed of Union Cabinet Ministers ,Chief Ministers of states and UT’s and members of planning commission.

Cabinet Secretary in his letter to all Ministries and Finance Minister in his budget speech for Annual Plan 2006-07 has given emphasis to independent evaluation of all schemes/programmes by professional agencies.

I. PROGRAM EVALUATION ORGANISATION [PEO] – Established in 1952 to take up independent diagnostic

evaluation of development (Central & CSS) programs for the assessment of -

Physical & financial performance.

Effectiveness of Implementation & Delivery System.

Impact on target groups

• PEO headquarters located at Planning Commission.• 15 Field Units at State Capitals. & a sanctioned staff of 241

Receipt of proposal form the Ministry/Dept./Planning Commission

Prioritization of studies by DEAC normally meeting once/twice a year

Allocation of study to Project Director

Literature survey and preparation of Design

Pre-testing

Approval by Advisory Committee

Orientation meeting of field staff

Data entry and compilation

Field Survey compilation

Report Writing

Approval

II. State Evaluation Organization

Each State has an evaluation Cell attached to Planning Unit. Some States have large evaluation units but most of them

have a cell comprising of a few staff members. Some conduct a large number (20) of evaluation studies

each year while most conduct 1-2 studies in a year. SEOs evaluate mostly state level schemes.

Findings are sent to: - State Planning Department - Implementing Agencies - PEO

Weakness - Methodologies adopted are not very scientific and rigorous.

First Plan (1951-1956)

Irrigation projects , steel plants , IIT’s and UGC

Second Plan (1956-1961)

Public sector and heavy industries

Atomic Energy Commission , Hydro Power Plants

Third Plan (1961-1966)

Impetus to agriculture

Shift to defense after Sino – Indian war

Cement and Fertilizers

Panchayat Raj and State government responsibilities

Fourth plan (1969-1974)

Nationalization of banks

Indo-Pakistan war led to diversion of funds earmarked for

industrial development

Nuclear device test in 1974

Fifth plan (1974-1979)

Self reliance in agriculture and defense

Electricity supply act 1975

Scrapped by Morarji Desai Government in 1978

Sixth plan (1980-1985)

Development of IT ,highways

Family planning introduced

Seventh plan (1985-1989)

Industrial Technology up gradation

Eighth plan (1992-1997)

Modernization of industry

Opening of Indian Economy

Membership Of WTO Jan 1995

Ninth plan (1997-2002)

Liberalization continues , growth rate of 5.35 %

Tenth plan (2002-2007)

Compulsory primary education

Reduction in IMR , MMR

Rural infrastructure development

Growth rate of 8 %

Eleventh plan (2007-2012)

Target growth rate of 10%

Inclusive growth

Developments in Infrastructure , Education ,Women empowerment , health standards.