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Organisation

The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Planning Commission, which works under the overall guidance of the National Development Council. The Deputy Chairman and the full time Members of the Commission, as a composite body, provide advice and guidance to the subject Divisions for the formulation of Five Year Plans, Annual Plans, State Plans, Monitoring Plan Programmes, Projects and Schemes.

The Planning Commission functions through several Divisions, each headed by a Senior Officer. The Set up is:

  1. Chairman
  2. Sh. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy. Chairman
  3. Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State
  4. Members
  5. Ms. Sindhushree Khullar, Secretary
  6. Senior Officials
  7. Grievance Officers
  8. Reference Material 2010 - PDF | MS Word

Notification

  • Composition of the Planning Commission (as on 30/04/2013): English || Hindi
  • Composition of the Planning Commission (as on 17/01/2013): English || Hindi
  • Composition of the Planning Commission (as on 24/12/2012): English || Hindi
  • Composition of the Planning Commission (as on 11/09/2012): English || Hindi
  • Composition of the Planning Commission (as on 30/09/2011): English || Hindi

Divisions

  1. Agriculture
  2. Communication, IT& Information
  3. Decentralized planning, Panchayati Raj and Special Area Programme (Including Western Ghat Secretariat)
  4. Development Policy & Perspective Planning
  5. Direct Benefit Transfer
  6. Environment & Forests (Including Climate Change Cell)
  7. Financial Resources
  8. Health, Family Welfare & Nutrition
  9. Housing and Urban Affairs (including Home Affairs Cell)
  10. Human Resources Development
  11. Industries
  12. Infrastructure
  13. International Economics
  14. International Relations Cell
  15. Labour, Employment & Manpower
  1. Minerals
  2. Minorities Division
  3. Plan Coordination and Management
  4. Power & Energy
  5. Project Appraisal & Management
  6. Rural Development
  7. Science & Technology
  8. Social Justice and Social Welfare
  9. Socio-Economic Research
  10. State Plans (Including Island Development Authority Cell)
  11. Transport and Tourism
  12. Village and Small Enterprises
  13. Voluntary Action Cell
  14. Water Resources Division
  15. Women & Child Development
  16. Programme Evaluation Organization
Office Memorandum:
Changing the name of 'Village & Small Industries Division' to "Village & Small Enterprises Division" dated 8/3/04