Five Year Plan models - an assessment - Planning Commission and Niti Aayog
Understand systematic long-term resource use for production, employment, national income and public welfare.
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Economic Planning: Meaning, Objectives and Welfare State
Understand systematic long-term resource use for production, employment, national income and public welfare.
Open article →Pre-Independence Planning Proposals and Development Models
Follow Visvesvaraya, the National Planning Committee, Bombay, People's, Gandhian and Sarvodaya proposals.
Open article →Planning Commission: Formation, Functions and Plan Cycle
Learn the March 1950 resolution, Nehru's chairmanship and the resource-to-review planning cycle.
Open article →Planning Commission Organisation and National Development Council
Understand Commission leadership and divisions, NDC composition and its consultation, approval and review role.
Open article →Five-Year Plan Models, Periods and Complete Chronology
Trace twelve Plans, the Mahalanobis strategy, plan holidays, annual plans and the rolling interruption.
Open article →Five-Year Plan Assessment: Targets, Achievements and Limits
Assess plans through targets, resources, implementation, outcomes, structural gains and constraints.
Open article →Planning Commission to NITI Aayog: Institutional Transition
Learn the 2015 replacement and differences in strategy, State participation, evaluation and financial control.
Open article →NITI Aayog Structure, Objectives and Cooperative Federalism
Study the Chairperson, Councils, members, policy functions and bottom-up cooperative-federal approach.
Open article →NITI Aayog's Seven Pillars and Functional Application
Memorise the seven pillars, then connect them to cooperative federalism, planning, advice, coordination, capacity and evaluation.
Open article →Current NITI Reports and Indices: A Dated Reading
Read the 2025-26 Annual Report and current official fiscal, SDG and export indices by edition, reference period and purpose.
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