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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&amp;rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
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However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&amp;rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&amp;rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This seems to be nothing but an improvised version of the old five-year plan, which was too short a period to set an agenda and to achieve the stated goals. The new three-tier planning process gives enough elbow room for long-term goals, medium-term targets and short-term check-lists to be ticked off. But it remains planning as such.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The second question can be disposed of quite easily compared to the first. The Right-wing, or perhaps more accurately the Right-of-Centre BJP, and the Left-of-Centre Congress, believe in the State as the presiding deity of the country&amp;rsquo;s economy and do not believe in the individual entrepreneurial energies. It will be pointed out that the Congress&amp;rsquo; belief in the state guiding the economy is motivated by the desire to protect the poor from the ruthless competition of the market economy, while the BJP&amp;rsquo;s aim in doing so is to help the big corporations and to manage economic unrest. but the ultimate goal is to make India a stronger nation-state, and the welfare and happiness of the people is only an incidental.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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The Five Year plan is gone, several long- and short-term plans are in, but the government is still mapping growth in a supposedly market economy. &lt;br /&gt;
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India &amp;ndash; with it&amp;rsquo;s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party&amp;rsquo;s formal Hindi idiom &amp;ndash; it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP&amp;rsquo;s and Modi&amp;rsquo;s promise of &amp;ldquo;cooperative federalism&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&amp;rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The arguments can be pressed forward and this could serve as the basis for an important national debate on the raison d&amp;rsquo;etre of the nation-state. This debate, with all its philosophical underlinings, is essential, and should not be dismissed as being of no value. Indians must discuss, debate, ponder over political ideals and ideas. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India &amp;ndash; with it&amp;rsquo;s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party&amp;rsquo;s formal Hindi idiom &amp;ndash; it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP&amp;rsquo;s and Modi&amp;rsquo;s promise of &amp;ldquo;cooperative federalism&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Old wine, new bottle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&amp;rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://scroll.in/article/835490/with-niti-aayogs-three-tier-plans-soviet-era-state-control-over-economy-is-back-in-a-new-bottle&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.<br />
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It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India &ndash; with it&rsquo;s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s formal Hindi idiom &ndash; it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP&rsquo;s and Modi&rsquo;s promise of &ldquo;cooperative federalism&rdquo;.<br />
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Old wine, new bottle<br />
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However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.<br />
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.<br />
<br />
It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India &ndash; with it&rsquo;s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s formal Hindi idiom &ndash; it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP&rsquo;s and Modi&rsquo;s promise of &ldquo;cooperative federalism&rdquo;.<br />
<br />
Old wine, new bottle<br />
<br />
However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.<br />
<br />
This seems to be nothing but an improvised version of the old five-year plan, which was too short a period to set an agenda and to achieve the stated goals. The new three-tier planning process gives enough elbow room for long-term goals, medium-term targets and short-term check-lists to be ticked off. But it remains planning as such.<br />
<br />
This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation?<br />
<br />
The second question can be disposed of quite easily compared to the first. The Right-wing, or perhaps more accurately the Right-of-Centre BJP, and the Left-of-Centre Congress, believe in the State as the presiding deity of the country&rsquo;s economy and do not believe in the individual entrepreneurial energies. It will be pointed out that the Congress&rsquo; belief in the state guiding the economy is motivated by the desire to protect the poor from the ruthless competition of the market economy, while the BJP&rsquo;s aim in doing so is to help the big corporations and to manage economic unrest. but the ultimate goal is to make India a stronger nation-state, and the welfare and happiness of the people is only an incidental.<br />
<br />
The arguments can be pressed forward and this could serve as the basis for an important national debate on the raison d&rsquo;etre of the nation-state. This debate, with all its philosophical underlinings, is essential, and should not be dismissed as being of no value. Indians must discuss, debate, ponder over political ideals and ideas. <br />
<br />
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$disp = '<div align="justify">-Scroll.in<br /><br />The Five Year plan is gone, several long- and short-term plans are in, but the government is still mapping growth in a supposedly market economy. <br /><br />When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy.<br /><br />It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India &ndash; with it&rsquo;s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s formal Hindi idiom &ndash; it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP&rsquo;s and Modi&rsquo;s promise of &ldquo;cooperative federalism&rdquo;.<br /><br />Old wine, new bottle<br /><br />However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission&rsquo;s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action.<br /><br />This seems to be nothing but an improvised version of the old five-year plan, which was too short a period to set an agenda and to achieve the stated goals. The new three-tier planning process gives enough elbow room for long-term goals, medium-term targets and short-term check-lists to be ticked off. But it remains planning as such.<br /><br />This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation?<br /><br />The second question can be disposed of quite easily compared to the first. The Right-wing, or perhaps more accurately the Right-of-Centre BJP, and the Left-of-Centre Congress, believe in the State as the presiding deity of the country&rsquo;s economy and do not believe in the individual entrepreneurial energies. It will be pointed out that the Congress&rsquo; belief in the state guiding the economy is motivated by the desire to protect the poor from the ruthless competition of the market economy, while the BJP&rsquo;s aim in doing so is to help the big corporations and to manage economic unrest. but the ultimate goal is to make India a stronger nation-state, and the welfare and happiness of the people is only an incidental.<br /><br />The arguments can be pressed forward and this could serve as the basis for an important national debate on the raison d&rsquo;etre of the nation-state. This debate, with all its philosophical underlinings, is essential, and should not be dismissed as being of no value. Indians must discuss, debate, ponder over political ideals and ideas. <br /><br />Please <a href="https://scroll.in/article/835490/with-niti-aayogs-three-tier-plans-soviet-era-state-control-over-economy-is-back-in-a-new-bottle" title="https://scroll.in/article/835490/with-niti-aayogs-three-tier-plans-soviet-era-state-control-over-economy-is-back-in-a-new-bottle">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>'
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With Niti Aayog's three-tier plans, Soviet-era state control over economy is back (in a new bottle) -Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

-Scroll.in The Five Year plan is gone, several long- and short-term plans are in, but the government is still mapping growth in a supposedly market economy. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the dismantling of the more than six-decades-old Planning Commission in his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014, it seemed that India was at last formally breaking with the notion of planning, a socialist recipe for the anarchic market economy. It would have been better had no other institution come up in its place. But plans were afoot to create something to replace the old structure. So, after huddles and deliberation, when the prime minister announced the setting up of the National Institute for Transforming India – with it’s acronym, Niti, dovetailing into the Sanskritised Hindi word for policy in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s formal Hindi idiom – it seemed that the new set-up would serve as a think tank of sorts, a talking shop. Unlike the Planning Commission, which was centralised, the Niti Aayog looked to involve the states in an official capacity in its Governing Council. This was a again a reflection of the BJP’s and Modi’s promise of “cooperative federalism”. Old wine, new bottle However, after the third meeting the Governing Council of the Aayog on Sunday, it turns out that the commission is the proverbial old wine in a new bottle. Instead of the Planning Commission’s five-year plan, which went through 12 cycles since 1951 (the last one ended March 31) the NITI Aayog has come up with a 15-year perspective plan, a seven-year medium-term plan and a three-year agenda for action. This seems to be nothing but an improvised version of the old five-year plan, which was too short a period to set an agenda and to achieve the stated goals. The new three-tier planning process gives enough elbow room for long-term goals, medium-term targets and short-term check-lists to be ticked off. But it remains planning as such. This raises two key questions. First, does India have a full-fledged and mature market economy, where the state does not hand-hold, guide and direct private entrepreneurs? Second, is the BJP, with all its claims to be different from the Congress and ostensibly opposed to its Soviet-inspired socialist ideas, any better if it remains conceptually tied to planning, differing only in the details with Nehruvian orientation? The second question can be disposed of quite easily compared to the first. The Right-wing, or perhaps more accurately the Right-of-Centre BJP, and the Left-of-Centre Congress, believe in the State as the presiding deity of the country’s economy and do not believe in the individual entrepreneurial energies. It will be pointed out that the Congress’ belief in the state guiding the economy is motivated by the desire to protect the poor from the ruthless competition of the market economy, while the BJP’s aim in doing so is to help the big corporations and to manage economic unrest. but the ultimate goal is to make India a stronger nation-state, and the welfare and happiness of the people is only an incidental. The arguments can be pressed forward and this could serve as the basis for an important national debate on the raison d’etre of the nation-state. This debate, with all its philosophical underlinings, is essential, and should not be dismissed as being of no value. Indians must discuss, debate, ponder over political ideals and ideas. Please click here to read more.