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Maharashtra State Board Class 11 Economics Notes Chapter 10 Economic Planning in India

Economic Planning in India:

  • Responsible for formulation of economic plans
  • Established by Government of India in 1950
  • Consists of experts in banking, finance, etc.
  • The Prime Minister acts as Ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission

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Maharashtra Board Class 11 Economics Notes Chapter 10 Economic Planning in India

Meaning And Definition Of Economic Planning:

(1) Economic planning is –

  • a time bound programme
  • to achieve certain objectives
  • with the help of available resources
  • by the planning authority.

(2) Dr. H. D. Dickinson
Economic planning is making of major economic decisions such as –

  • What and how much to produce.
  • When and where to produce
  • To whom it is to be allocated

(3) Mrs. Barbara Wooten
“Planning is a conscious and deliberate choice of economic priorities by some public authority

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Features of Economic Planning:

  1. Central Planning Authority
  2. A Survey
  3. Objectives
  4. Priorities and Targets
  5. Mobilisation of Resources
  6. Plan Period
  7. Evaluation
  8. Continuous Process
  9. Co-ordination
  10. Flexibility

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12th Five Year Plan (2012 – 2017):

Sustainable Growth

Targets Of 12th Five Year Plan:

1. Economic Growth:

  • To achieve real GDP growth rate at 8%.
  • To achieve agriculture growth rate at 4%.
  • To achieve manufacturing or industrial growth rate at 10%.
  • To achieve higher average growth rate for every State.

2. Poverty And Employment:

  • To reduce head-count ratio of poverty.
  • To create new work opportunities in the non-farm sector.

3. Education:

  • To increase mean years of schooling to 7 years.
  • To provide access to higher education.
  • To eliminate gender and social gap in school.

4. Health:

  • To reduce total fertility rate.
  • To reduce malnutrition among children.

5. Infrastructure:

  • To increase investment in infrastructure.
  • To connect villages with all weather roads.
  • To increase rural television and telephone density.

Maharashtra Board Class 11 Economics Notes Chapter 10 Economic Planning in India

6. Environment and Sustainability:
To increase green cover by 1 million hectare.

7. Service Delivery:

  • To provide access to banking services to households.
  • To shift subsidies to direct cash transfer through Aadhar card.

Niti Aayog (National Institution For Transforming India):

  • Formation of NITI Aayog was an innovative and remarkable step to reinforce the principles of federalism and decentralisation of power.
  • Accelerate economic growth and development.
  • Think – Tank Functions :
    • aims to evolve a sha vision of national development with the active involvement of state.
    • Co-operative federalism

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Pillars of Niti Aayog:

  • Vision Document of India
  • Appraisal Document
  • Transforming India: Lecture series
  • Doubling of Farmers’ Income
  • Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017
  • Outcome Budget and Output-Outcome Framework.
  • Launching of Programme.

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Structure Of Niti Aayog:

1. Governing Council

  • Chief ministers of all States
  • Governors of Union Territories

2. Regional Councils:
to address specific issues and contingencies impact on more than one state

3. Special Invitees
Experts, specialists, practitioners nominated by Prime Minister.

4. Organizational Framework

  • Chairperson : Prime Minister of India
  • Vice Chairperson: appointed by the Prime Minister.
    Full time members – 5
    Part time members – 2
  • Ex-officio Members Maximum of 4 members from Council of Ministers, nominated by the Prime Minister.
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) appointed by the Prime Minister for fixed period in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.
  • Secretariat (if necessary)

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Maharashtra Board Class 11 Economics Notes Chapter 10 Economic Planning in India

Functions Of Niti Aayog:

  • Shared National Agenda
  • States’ Best Friend at the Centre
  • Decentralized Planning
  • Knowledge and Innovation Hub
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Co-operative and Competitive Federalism

Others Functions :

  • Inter consultancy
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Technological upgradation

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Word Meaning:

designated – to appoint; comprehension – overall/including all; conscious – aware; deliberate – purpose; priorities – great importance; accelerating – to speed up; attainment – to achieve; varies – to differ; appraisal – to judge something; incorporate – include; implementation – to carry out; sustainable – to be maintained; opportunities – openings; eliminate – to remove; malnutrition – lack of proper food for necessary growth and health; beneficiaries – a person who gets benefits; reinforce – to promote; federation – government system; decentralisation – transfer of authority; sanctioned – to approve; premier – top most; contingencies – emergency; championing – to promote; consultancy – professional practitioner giving expert advice; state of the art – modern; replication – to copy something; rigorous – strict; metrics – a standard; bottlenecks – blockage.