Ministry of Planning (India)

The Ministry of Planning is a ministry of the Government of India, with the Prime Minister of India serving as its minister. The ministry's functions are carried out through the central agency, NITI Aayog.

Ministry of Planning

Branch of Government of India
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of the Republic of India
Annual budget	₹339.65 crores (2018-19)[1] including NITI Aayog
Minister responsible	Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Deputy Minister responsible	Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Parent Ministry	Government of India

NITI Aayog

On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly constituted NITI Aayog. The Government of India announced the formation of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015. The first meeting of NITI Aayog was chaired by Narendra Modi on 8 February 2015.

NITI Aayog's mandate is to assist both the central and state governments in India's development by promoting cooperative federalism and involving state governments in the economic policy-making process through a bottom-up approach. The Governing Council of NITI Aayog, chaired by the Prime Minister, includes the Chief Ministers of all states and the Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories. In addition, temporary members are selected from leading universities and research institutions. The Council also consists of a Chief Executive Officer, four ex-officio members, and two part-time members. The Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog holds a rank equivalent to that of a Cabinet Minister.

NITI Aayog primarily provides policy inputs to the highest decision-making bodies. Through its monitoring and evaluation division, it monitors all national and state schemes to provide an annual review to the Prime Minister and Budget of India. It also provides its comments on all major schemes before being approved by the Finance Ministry.

The body's lateral entry is the largest in the country among government bodies with lateral hires account more than half of the core work force. The body's Young Professional program is being emulated by all central ministries and the Army.

Cabinet Ministers

Key

• MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
• MoS – Minister of State

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Planning
1			Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) Unelected, until 1952 MP for Sabarkantha, from 1952	24 September 1951	13 May 1952	11 years, 362 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
				13 May 1952	17 April 1957			Nehru II
				17 April 1957	10 April 1962			Nehru III
				10 April 1962	21 September 1963			Nehru IV
2			Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) MP for Arrah (MoS)	21 September 1963	27 May 1964	2 years, 125 days
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
				9 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
				11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
3			Asoka Mehta (1911–1984) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, until 1967 MP for Bhandara, from 1967	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 224 days		Indira I		Indira Gandhi
				13 March 1967	5 September 1967			Indira II
–			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Raebareli (Prime Minister)	5 September 1967	18 March 1971	3 years, 231 days
				18 March 1971	24 April 1971		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
4			Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) MP for Palani	24 April 1971	22 July 1972	1 year, 89 days
5			Durga Prasad Dhar (1918–1975) MP for Jammu and Kashmir	23 July 1972	31 December 1974	2 years, 161 days
–			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Raebareli (Prime Minister)	2 January 1975	24 March 1977	2 years, 81 days
–			Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister)	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 126 days	Janata Party	Desai		Self
–			Charan Singh (1902–1987) MP for Baghpat (Prime Minister)	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Self
–			Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) MP for Medak (Prime Minister)	14 January 1980	8 June 1980	146 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
6			N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018) MP for Nainital	8 June 1980	8 September 1981	1 year, 92 days
7			Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MP for Nanded	8 September 1981	19 July 1984	2 years, 315 days
8			Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	19 July 1984	31 October 1984	104 days
9			P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Hanamkonda (until 1984) MP for Ramtek (from 1984)	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	71 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
				31 December 1984	14 January 1985			Rajiv II
–			Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister)	14 January 1985	25 July 1987	2 years, 192 days
10			P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	25 July 1987	25 June 1988	336 days
11			Madhavsinh Solanki (1927–2021) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days
–			Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	10 November 1990	343 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Self
–			Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	223 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Planning and Programme Implementation
12			H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh (MoS, I/C)	21 June 1991	2 July 1992	1 year, 11 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
13			Sukh Ram (1927–2022) MP for Mandi (MoS, I/C)	2 July 1992	18 January 1993	200 days
14			Giridhar Gamang (born 1943) MP for Koraput (MoS, I/C)	18 January 1993	15 September 1995	2 years, 240 days
15			Balram Singh Yadav (1939–2005) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (MoS, I/C)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996	244 days
–			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Self
–			H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
16			Yoginder K Alagh (1939–2022) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat (MoS, I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	345 days
				21 April 1997	9 June 1997			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
–			Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Prime Minister)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days
–			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Self
Minister of Planning
–			Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	4 years, 222 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Self
–			Manmohan Singh (born 1932) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam (Prime Minister)	22 May 2004	26 May 2014	10 years, 4 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Self
								Manmohan II
17			Rao Inderjit Singh (born 1951) MP for Gurgaon (MoS, I/C)	26 May 2014	Incumbent	11 years, 79 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
								Modi II
								Modi III

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of State for Planning
1			Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur	18 March 1967	5 September 1967	171 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II		Indira Gandhi
2			Mohan Dharia (1925–2013) MP for Pune	2 May 1971	10 October 1974	3 years, 161 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III
3			Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP for Raipur	10 October 1974	28 June 1975	261 days
4			Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	28 June 1975	12 May 1976	319 days
5			Sankar Ghose Rajya Sabha MP for West Bengal	21 April 1976	24 March 1977	337 days
6			Fazlur Rahman MP for Bettiah	26 January 1979	15 July 1979	170 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
7			Harinath Mishra MP for Darbhanga	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
8			K. R. Narayanan (1921–2005) MP for Ottapalam	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II
9			Ajit Kumar Panja (1936–2008) MP for Calcutta North East	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	1 year, 27 days
10			Sukh Ram (1927–2022) MP for Mandi	22 October 1986	14 February 1988	1 year, 115 days
11			Biren Sing Engti (born 1945) MP for Autonomous District	14 February 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 291 days
12			Bhagey Gobardhan (1934–1993) MP for Mayurbhanj	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Minister of State for Planning and Programme Implementation
13			Ratnamala Savanur (born 1950) MP for Chikkodi	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	Janata Dal	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
14			Ram Naik (born 1934) MP for Mumbai North	20 April 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 176 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Planning
15			Bangaru Laxman (1939–2014) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16			Arun Shourie (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	22 November 1999	24 July 2000	245 days
(16)			Arun Shourie (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	7 November 2000	1 September 2001	298 days
17			Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk	1 September 2001	2 November 2001	62 days
18			Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MP for Jhalawar	2 November 2001	29 January 2003	1 year, 88 days
19			Satyabrata Mookherjee (1932–2023) MP for Krishnanagar	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
20			M. V. Rajasekharan (1928–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	23 May 2004	6 April 2008	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
21			V. Narayanasamy (born 1947) MP for Puducherry	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days
				28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
22			Ashwani Kumar (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab	19 January 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 283 days
23			Rajeev Shukla (born 1959) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days

Deputy Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Planning
1			Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra (1920–2004) MP for Darbhanga North	10 September 1954	17 April 1957	7 years, 212 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
				17 April 1957	10 April 1962			Nehru III
2			Lalit Narayan Mishra (1923–1975) MP for Darbhanga	22 August 1960	10 April 1962	1 year, 231 days
3			C. R. Pattabhiraman (1906–2001) MP for Kumbakonam	8 May 1962	27 May 1964	2 years, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV
				27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
4			Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad	24 January 1966	14 February 1966	21 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi