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The Planning Commission of India was constituted in the year
Options:
A .  1947
B .  1942
C .  1950
D .  1955
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
The Planning Commission is an institution in the Government of India, which formulates India’s five-year Plans, among other functions.
It was set up on 15 March 1950, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the chairman. Planning Commission though is a non-statutory as well extra-constitutional body, i.e. has been brought by executive order.
The Planning Commission does not derive its creation from either the Constitution or statute but is an arm of the Central/Union Government.

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