After India accomplished independence, a proper model of making plans turned into adopted, and as a result, the concept of setting up the Planning Commission was put forward to then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru who became the first chairman of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission got established on 15 March 1950. Authority for the advent of the Planning Commission turned into no longer being derived from the Constitution of India or any statute as it was an arm of the Central Government of India.
In 2014, Narendra Modi government decided to wind down the Planning Commission. It become changed via the newly shaped NITI Aayog. Ex officio members of the Commission blanketed the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, Home Minister, Health Minister, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Information Technology Minister, Law Minister, Human Resource Development Minister and Minister of State for Planning.