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
StatusAbolished
Appointer Prime Minister of India
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Gulzarilal Nanda
Formation17 February 1957(68 years ago) (1957-02-17)
Final holder Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Abolished25 May 2014(11 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.

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From 1957 until 2014 23 persons have served as the deputy chairmen, but any woman not served in this post. The deputy chairmen 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. Two future chief ministers, former central ministers served in this post.

List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission

#PortraitName [1] Term of office
1 Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg Gulzarilal Nanda 17 February 195321 September 1963
2 V. T. Krishnamachari 17 February 195321 June 1960
3 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi.png Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 22 September 19632 December 1963
4 Ashok Mehta 3 December 19631 September 1967
5 Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 2008 stamp of India.jpg Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 2 September 19671 May 1971
6 C. Subramaniam 2 May 197122 July 1972
7 D. P. Dhar 23 July 197231 December 1974
8 P. N. Haksar 4 January 197531 May 1977
9 D. T. Lakdawala 1 June 197715 February 1980
10 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari 9 June 19808 August 1981
11 Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan 9 August 198119 July 1984
12 Prakash Chandra Sethi 20 July 198431 October 1984
13 Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 1 November 198414 January 1985
14 Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg Manmohan Singh 15 January 198531 August 1987
15 P. Shiv Shankar 25 July 198729 June 1988
16 Madhav Singh Solanki 30 June 198816 August 1989
17 Ramakrishna Hegde 5 December 19896 July 1990
18 Madhu Dandavate Lok Sabha photo.jpg Madhu Dandavate 7 July 199010 December 1990
19 MohanDharia.jpg Mohan Dharia 11 December 199024 June 1991
20 Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg Pranab Mukherjee 24 June 199115 May 1996
21 Madhu Dandavate Lok Sabha photo.jpg Madhu Dandavate 1 August 199621 March 1998
22 Jaswant Singh.jpg Jaswant Singh 25 March 19984 February 1999
23 Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg K. C. Pant 5 February 199917 June 2004
24 Montekahuwalia.jpg Montek Singh Ahluwalia 6 July 200426 May 2014

See also

Notes

    1. Nanda was the Acting prime minister

    References


    1. "List showing names of Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.