Question

Which Congress President set up the National Planning Committee in 1938?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Rajendra Prasad

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Subhash Chandra Bose

The correct answer is Subhash Chandra Bose.

• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was succeeded by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as president of the Indian National Congress in 1938 over the 51^st session at Haripur.
• Meghnad Saha had persuaded Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to set up a national planning committee that can help in planning and developing the economy to eradicate poverty from the country and focus on the development of the agriculture sector.
• Since Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was made the president of the Indian National Congress, he couldn't take charge of being the President of the National planning committee. 
• Thus he approached Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and convinced him to be appointed as the first president of the national planning committee in 1938.
• After India became independent in 1947 from the British rule, a formal model of planning and planning commission was established and adopted and was reported directly to the prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first prime minister of independent India, on the 15^th of March 1950. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was made the chairman of this planning commission.
• In 1951, the first five-year plan was launched that mainly focused on the development of the agriculture sector.

 

• The five-year plans continued till 2014 but in 2014 the prime minister of India Narendra Modi dropped down the planning commission and replaced it with the newly formed NITI Ayog to represent the aspirations of Indians in a better way.