Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission (India)

Since the Prime Minister of India happens to be the ex-officio chairperson of Planning Commission of India, the position of the deputy chairperson has great significance. The appointments are made by the President of India, on the advice of the Prime minister.

List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Other Posts
1	Gulzari Lal Nanda	Feb 17, 1953	Sep 21, 1963	Minister of Planning
2	V.T. Krishnamachari	Feb 17, 1953	Jun 21, 1960
3	C.M. Trivedi	Sep 22, 1963	Dec 02, 1963
4	Ashok Mehta	Dec 03, 1963	Sep 01, 1967	Minister of Planning
5	D.R. Gadgil	Sep 02, 1967	May 01, 1971
6	C. Subramaniam	May 02, 1971	Jul 22, 1972	Minister of Planning
7	Durga Prasad Dhar	Jul 23, 1972	Dec 31, 1974	Minister of Planning
8	P.N. Haksar	Jan 04, 1975	May 31, 1977
9	D.T. Lakdawala	Jun 01, 1977	Feb 15, 1980
10	N.D. Tiwari	Jun 09, 1980	Aug 08, 1981	Minister of Planning
11	S.B. Chavan	Aug 09, 1981	Jul 19, 1984	Minister of Planning
12	Prakash Chandra Sethi	Jul 20, 1984	Oct 31, 1984	Minister of Planning
13	P.V. Narasimha Rao	Nov 01, 1984	Jan 14, 1985	Minister of Planning
14	Manmohan Singh	Jan 15, 1985	Aug 31, 1987
15	P. Shiv Shankar	Jul 25, 1987	Jun 29, 1988	Minister of Planning
16	Madhav Singh Solanki	Jun 30, 1988	Aug 16, 1989	Minister of Planning
17	Ramakrishna Hegde	Dec 05, 1989	Jul 06, 1990
18	Madhu Dandavate	Jul 07, 1990	Dec 10, 1990	Finance Minister
19	Mohan Dharia	Dec 11, 1990	Jun 24, 1991
20	Pranab Mukherjee	Jun 24, 1991	May 15, 1996
21	Madhu Dandavate	Aug 01, 1996	Mar 21, 1998
22	Jaswant Singh	Mar 25, 1998	Feb 04, 1999
23	K.C. Pant	Feb 05, 1999	Jun 17, 2004
24	Montek Singh Ahluwalia	Jul 06, 2004	present

References

• History of the planning commission