Question

Who is the 'Father of Indian Economic Planning'?

Answer 1

After India achieved independence, a formal model of planning was adopted, and accordingly the Planning Commission, reporting directly to the Prime Minister of India, was established on 15 March 1950, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya is known as the Father of Indian Economic Planning. The first five year plan was presented in the parliament by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in December 1951. This plan promoted the idea of self reliant closed economy and was developed by Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis. The plan had heavily borrowed ideas from USSR's five year plans developed by Domer Mahadev Govind Ranade is known as the father of Indian Economics.