Descriptive Memoir of Planning Commission Government of India Cabinet Secretariat (O. and M. Division)

Abstract

The Commission has been assisting the Central Government and, where necessary, individual Ministries and State Governments with advice on matters of general policy. Its main task, however, has been to undertake studies on the lines indicated in its terms of reference with a view to the formulation of a national Plan. the Commission presented the First Five Year Plan in July 1951 and in the final form in November 1952. The Plan covers the period 1951-52 to 1955-50.