Question

National planning committee was established under the president ship of______.

Answer 1

Hint:To develop a national plan for India, the first attempt came up in 1938 by setting up a national planning committee by the then president of the Indian National Congress Subhash Chandra Bose.

Complete answer:
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was succeeded by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as president of the Indian National Congress in 1938 over the 51st session at Haripur. Meghnad Saha had persuaded Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to set up a national planning committee that can help in planning and developing the economy to eradicate poverty from the country and focus on development of the agriculture sector. Since Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was made the president of the Indian National Congress, he couldn't take a charge of being a President of the National planning committee. Thus he approached Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and convinced him to be appointed as the first president of the national planning committee in 1938. After India became independent in 1947 from the British rule , a formal model of planning and planning commission was established and adopted and was reported directly to the prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first prime minister of independent India, on 15th of March 1950. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was made the chairman of this planning commission. In 1951, the first five year plan was launched that mainly focused on the development of the agriculture sector.

Note:The five year plans continued till 2014 but in 2014 the prime minister of India Narendra Modi dropped down the planning commission and replaced it by the newly formed NITI Ayog to represent aspirations of Indians in a better way.