This new commission will headed by the Prime Minister himself.
New Delhi: The decades-old Planning Commission will be turned into a monitoring and accountability panel, government sources told CNN-IBN.
This new commission will headed by the Prime Minister himself.
The panel's main role will be to supervise and monitor central and state schemes. It will be accountable to Parliament and will submit periodic reports.
The sources further added that the employees currently working under the Planning Commission will be drastically cut short.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Independence Day that the government has decided to scrap the Planning Commission and replace it with a new institution to address the emerging economic needs and strengthen federal structure.
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