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INTRODUCTION:
The National Development Council has been led by the Prime Minister. NDC’s main work is to nourish and make proper use of the effort and the resources of the country concerning the planning commission’s five-year plan, to advance common economic policies, and to guarantee balance and quick development in all parts of the country. NDC consists of the Prime Minister, Union Cabinet Minister, members of NITI Aayog, representatives of their Union Territories, and the Chief Minister of all states.
NDC also has been proposed to be wound up but there’s no decision passed to abolish it to date. Since the formation of NITI Aayog by Narendra Modi, the NDC has no work to do and is idle and also not having any meetings held. It was in great force during the time of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh and it then needed changes. Then in 2014, Narendra Modi (PM) announced the closure of the planning commission and led the introduction of NITI Aayog, which is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body.
FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:
Functions of NDC are:
- To write down the guidelines for the preparation of the national plan, including the assessment of the resources required for the plan
- To examine the national plan circulated by NITI Aayog.
- To evaluate the resources that are required for applying the plan and to suggest guidelines for augmenting them
- To examine important questions of economic and social policy which in turn affects development in the nation
- To analyze the working of the plan within intervals and to suggest measures which are important for getting the aims and target over there in the national plan.
- To suggest all the measures for attainment of the target and aim there in the national plan.
OBJECTIVES:
NDC has been set up to achieve the following objectives:
- To give strength and make use of the effort and resources of the nation in upholding the plan
- To encourage common economic policies of vital spheres
- To give guarantee about the balancing and rapid development in different parts of the country
- To supply social facilities like education, medical care, etc. to every person in the country
- To bring change and get high standards in the living of people
- To increase in per capita income
1ST AND MOST RECENT MEETING:
The 1st meeting of NDC was held by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 8-9th November 1952. After that NDC has held 57 meetings and the most recent the 57th meeting took place on 27th December 2012 at Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai. After that, no meetings have been held to date.
NITI Aayog and NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL:
After the introduction of NITI Aayog, the work of NDC has fallen to nil. So, let’s see the comparison between them.
Parameter | NITI Aayog | National Development Council |
Parameter | It is a policy thinking and advisory government organisation. It is formed up by the executive resolution | It is the country’s highest decision-making power on the problems regarding development and it is a planning area. It is formed up by the cabinet resolution |
| To monitor and calculate the implementation of all the programs and initiatives very actively | To write down the guidelines for the making of the national plan which also includes the assessment of the resources of the plan |
CONCLUSION:The national development council is presided over by the PM of the country and it also counts union ministers, chief ministers of every state, administrators of union territories, and members of the planning commission. All the ministers of state are given independent charge and they also get invited to the deliberation of the council. K.Santhanam has named the National Development Commission as the super cabinet in his book called “union-state relations in India “and a very detailed introduction of the NDC is mentioned in the book known as “Indian administration” which was written down by Maheshwari.
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