Practice Questions

<h3 style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">Planning Commission of India: First Deputy Chairman</h3>
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<li>The first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India was <b>Gulzarilal Nanda</b>.</li>
<li>He assumed office in 1950.</li>
<li>The Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by an executive resolution of the Government of India.</li>
<li>It was an advisory body responsible for formulating five-year plans for the economic and social development of India.</li>
<li>Gulzarilal Nanda served as the first Deputy Chairman until 1951.</li>
<li>He also served as the interim Prime Minister of India on two occasions: in 1964 after Jawaharlal Nehru's death and in 1966 after Lal Bahadur Shastri's death.</li>
<li>The Planning Commission was replaced by the <b>NITI Aayog</b> (National Institution for Transforming India) in 2015.</li>
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