Planning Commission (India)

‎Organisation: past

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	==Organisation==		==Organisation==
−	The composition of the Commission has undergone considerable changes since its initiation. With the Prime Minister as the ''[[ex officio]]'' Chairman, the committee has a nominated Deputy Chairman, who is given the rank of a full Cabinet Minister. [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet Ministers]] with certain important portfolios act as ''ex officio'' members of the Commission, while the full-time members are experts of various fields like economics, industry, science and general administration.	+	The composition of the Commission underwent considerable changes since its initiation. With the Prime Minister as the ''[[ex officio]]'' Chairman, the committee had a nominated Deputy Chairman, with the rank of a full Cabinet Minister. [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet Ministers]] with certain important portfolios acted as ''ex officio'' members of the Commission, while the full-time members were experts in various fields like economics, industry, science and general administration.
−	Present ''ex officio'' members of the Commission, are the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, Home Minister, Health Minister, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Information Technology Minister, Law Minister, HRD Minister and Minister of State for Planning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jairam-ramesh-ceases-to-be-exofficio-member-of-planning-commission/1050549}}</ref>	+	''Ex officio'' members of the Commission included the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, Home Minister, Health Minister, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Information Technology Minister, Law Minister, HRD Minister and Minister of State for Planning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jairam-ramesh-ceases-to-be-exofficio-member-of-planning-commission/1050549}}</ref>
−	The Commission works through its various divisions, of which there are two kinds:	+	The Commission worked through its various divisions, of which there were two kinds:
	* General Planning Divisions		* General Planning Divisions
	* Programme Administration Divisions		* Programme Administration Divisions
−	The majority of the experts in the Commission are economists, making the Commission the biggest employer of the [[Indian Economic Service]].	+	The majority of the experts in the Commission were economists, making the Commission the biggest employer of the [[Indian Economic Service]].
	==Functions==		==Functions==