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Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

Since the Prime Minister of India happened to be the ex-officio chairperson of Planning Commission of India, the position of the deputy chairperson had great significance.

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
Emblem of India
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Last in office
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
6 July 2004 – 26 May 2014
StatusAbolished
AppointerPrime Minister of India
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderGulzarilal Nanda
Formation17 February 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-02-17)
Final holderMontek Singh Ahluwalia
Abolished25 May 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-05-25)

From 1957 until 2014 23 persons have served as the deputy chairmen, but any woman not served in this post. The deputy chairmen Gulzarilal Nanda, P. V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh who served as Prime Minister of India.[a] And Pranab Mukherjee who served this post in from 1991 to 1996, after served as the President of India. Many future chief ministers, former central ministers served in this post.

List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission

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# Portrait Name Term of office
1   Gulzarilal Nanda 17 February 1953 (1953-02-17) 21 September 1963 (1963-09-21)
2 V. T. Krishnamachari 17 February 1953 (1953-02-17) 21 June 1960 (1960-06-21)
3   Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 22 September 1963 2 December 1963
4   Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 2 September 1967 1 May 1971
8 P. N. Haksar 4 January 1975 31 May 1977
9 D. T. Lakdawala 1 June 1977 15 February 1980
10   N. D. Tiwari 9 June 1980 8 August 1981
11   Shankarrao Chavan 9 August 1981 19 July 1984
12 Prakash Chandra Sethi 20 July 1984 31 October 1984
13   P. V. Narasimha Rao 1 November 1984 14 January 1985
14   Manmohan Singh 15 January 1985 31 August 1987
15 P. Shiv Shankar 25 July 1987 29 June 1988
16 Madhav Singh Solanki 30 June 1988 16 August 1989
17 Ramakrishna Hegde 5 December 1989 6 July 1990
18 Madhu Dandavate 7 July 1990 10 December 1990
19   Mohan Dharia 11 December 1990 24 June 1991
20   Pranab Mukherjee 24 June 1991 15 May 1996
(18) Madhu Dandavate 1 August 1996 21 March 1998
21   Jaswant Singh 25 March 1998 4 February 1999
22   K. C. Pant 5 February 1999 17 June 2004
23   Montek Singh Ahluwalia 6 July 2004 26 May 2014

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nanda was the Acting prime minister

References

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  • "History of the planning commission". Retrieved 17 February 2023.


   

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