{"id":1363,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-legacy-of-the-planning-commission-still-has-a-bearing-on-upsc-psir-2024-2310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:24","slug":"the-legacy-of-the-planning-commission-still-has-a-bearing-on-upsc-psir-2024-2310","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-legacy-of-the-planning-commission-still-has-a-bearing-on-upsc-psir-2024-2310\/","title":{"rendered":"The legacy of the Planning Commission still has a bearing on India\u2019s development policies. Discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">G9 Commission (1950) set state-led, long-term development template \u2192 form changed by NITI Aayog, inheritance intact planned development 1950-2014 defined India\u2019s growth path \u2192 legacy outlives the institution<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Five-Year Plans (1950-2014) \u2192 public sector, heavy industry, infrastructure, strategic sectors \u2192 Kothari: state authority consolidated, top-down \u2192 growth tied to land reform, poverty alleviation, social justice \u2192 Jalan &amp; Sen: welfare, social indicators \u2192 Santhanam: centralisation weakened federalism, near-unitary functioning \u2192 Finance Commission overlap \u2192 Centre-state fiscal strain<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Govinda Rao: relevance declined post-liberalisation \u2192 NITI Aayog: think tank, cooperative federalism, flexible bottom-up planning \u2192 legacy consciously reformed, not discarded<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">GB shift is of method, not aim \u2192 state intervention, long-term strategy, welfare goals persist institution replaced, template inherited \u2192 legacy still bears on development policy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[64],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1363","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-planning-and-economic-development","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1363\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}