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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Planning Commission was India's apex non-statutory advisory body, established in 1950 to formulate Five-Year Plans for centralised economic development, replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015.
- Was the Planning Commission a constitutional body?
- How did the Planning Commission differ from the Finance Commission?
- Who headed the Planning Commission?
- Why was the Planning Commission replaced by NITI Aayog?

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1. 15 March 1950

   The Planning Commission of India was constituted on by an executive resolution of the Union Cabinet, not by any constitutional provision or Act of Parliament.

2. 1 January 2015

   The Planning Commission was abolished and replaced by the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) through a Cabinet resolution dated , follo…

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