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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

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Note:
The National Development Council is not a Constitutional body.
The National Development Council is not a statutory body.

The National Development Council was set up in the year 1952.

The National Development Council was set up on the recommendation of first five year
plan draft.
The National Development Council was set up through the executive resolution.
The National Development Council is an advisory body to the Planning Commission.
The recommendations of National Development Council are not binding.
The National Development Council should meet at least twice every year.

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COMPOSITION:
The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the National Development Council.
All Union Cabinet ministers are the members of National Development Council.
Chief Ministers of all the states are the members of the National Development Council.

The Members of Planning Commission are the members of National Development

Council.

The secretary of the Planning Commission acts as the secretary of National Development
Council.

FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

The NDC provides the guidelines for preparation of the five year plan.
The NDC considers the national plan as prepared by the Planning Commission.
The NDC makes an assessment of the resources that are required for implementing the
plan and suggest methods for augmenting them.
The NDC considers the important questions of social and economic policy affecting
national development.
The NDC reviews the national plan from time to time.
The NDC recommends the measures for achievement of aims and targets set out in the
national plan.

HOW DOES THE PROCESS GO?

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Planning Commission --> Union Cabinet --> NDC --> Parliament

The Planning Commission prepares the draft five-year plan.

The draft is submitted to the Union Cabinet for its approval.
After the approval by the Union cabinet the draft is placed before the NDC.
After the approval by the NDC the five year plan is placed before the Parliament.
With the approval of the Parliament the draft becomes the official plan.

MISCELLANEOUS:
The Sarkaria Commission (1983 1987) on Centre-state relations recommended that the
National Development Council should be given a constitutional status under article 263.

The Sarkaria commission also recommended that the NDC should be renamed as
National Economic and Development Council.
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