New Delhi:
Seeking to strengthen cooperative federalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that states must have a greater role in the new body which will replace the existing Planning Commission.
Most chief ministers have favoured an alternative structure that would replace the Planning Commission, in which states would have more participation, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday after the first round of meetings to arrive at a consensus on the subject.
Manmohan Singh talked of restructuring, not replacing Planning Commission. The Planning Commission should function under Inter-State Council. PM unilaterally announced replacing Planning Commission and then called us.
Tarun Gogoi, Assam Chief Minister
We have given our opinion that a new planning commission should be built. Since the day planning commission has made it has only made India a stronger country.
Jitan Ram Manjhi, Bihar Chief Minister
This is very odd that similar policy is for everybody. We will make a committee that will constitute of experts. There can be an important role of interstate policies.
Raman Singh, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
Today's meeting with PM I supported the initiative aimed at transforming India in a spirit of cooperative federation highlighting how inequitable distribution of resources has caused the imbalance in the states.
Naveen Patnaik, Odisha Chief Minister
Planning Commission should be replaced only by the National Development Council or the Inter-State Council
Manik Sarkar, Tripura Chief Minister
Instead of setting up a new body through executive fiat, it may be more appropriate to assign the decision-making responsibilities of the Planning Commission to the Inter-State Council (ISC).
Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister
The Congress Party opposes and condemns the efforts being made by the BJP Government- in a devious manner characterized by typical subterfuge and doublespeak- to dismantle the Planning Commission.
Ajay Maken, Congress Spokesperson
The plan panel "has a centralised structure. It doesn'tmeet the aspirations and needs of the states. There is a need to change the mandate of Planning Commission.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
The central government's arbitrary decision to dismantle the Planning Commission without convening a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) or consulting the states undermines the federal structure.
Oommen Chandy, Kerala Chief Minister
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