Q: 52 (IAS/2004)
question_subject:
Polity
question_exam:
IAS
stats:
0,72,163,81,72,13,69
keywords:
{'planning commission': [5, 0, 9, 5], 'social planning': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'constitution': [39, 3, 11, 39], 'national development council': [2, 0, 4, 5], 'concurrent list': [2, 0, 0, 0], 'highest deciding body': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'secretary': [2, 1, 6, 8], 'seventh schedule': [4, 0, 2, 3], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13]}
Explanation: The question contains three statements about the Planning Commission in India, and asks which are correct.
Statement 1 is incorrect because the highest deciding body for planning in India is the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which has replaced the Planning Commission.
Statement 2 is correct. The Secretary of the Planning Commission also serves as the Secretary of the National Development Council, making this statement true.
Statement 3 is incorrect. Economic and social planning is included in the Union List, not the Concurrent List, in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Thus, the correct answer is option 2, "2 only", as this corresponds to the only correct statement in the question.