Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

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Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission

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Last in office
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
6 July 2004 - 26 May 2014

Status| Abolished
Appointer| Prime Minister of India
Term length| Five years
Inaugural holder| Gulzarilal Nanda
Formation| 17 February 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-02-17)
Final holder| Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Abolished| 25 May 2014 (9 years ago) (2014-05-25)

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.

From 1957 until 2014 23 persons have served as the deputy chairmans,but any woman not served in this post. The deputy chairmans 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[edit]

#  | Portrait | Name | Term of office

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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[edit]

* NITI Aayog

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Nanda was the Acting prime minister

## References[edit]

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

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