Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

Since the prime minister 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 Central Cabinet.

List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Other Posts
1	Gulzarilal Nanda	17 February 1953	21 September 1963	Minister of Planning, later Prime Minister of India
2	Sir V.T. Krishnamachari	17 February 1953	21 June 1960
3	Sir C.M. Trivedi	22 September 1963	2 December 1963
4	Ashok Mehta	3 December 1963	1 September 1967	Minister of Planning
5	D.R. Gadgil	2 September 1967	1 May 1971
6	C. Subramaniam	2 May 1971	22 July 1972	Minister of Planning
7	Durga Prasad Dhar	23 July 1972	31 December 1974	Minister of Planning
8	P.N. Haksar	4 January 1975	31 May 1977
9	D.T. Lakdawala	1 June 1977	15 February 1980
10	Narayan Dutt Tiwari	9 June 1980	8 August 1981	Minister of Planning
11	S.B. Chavan	9 August 1981	19 July 1984	Minister of Planning
12	Prakash Chandra Seth	20 July 1984	31 October 1984	Minister of Planning
13	P.V. Narasimha Rao	1 November 1984	14 January 1985	later Prime Minister of India
14	Manmohan Singh	15 January 1985	31 August 1987	later Prime Minister of India
15	P. Shiv Shankar	25 July 1987	29 June 1988	Minister of Planning
16	Madhav Singh Solanki	30 June 1988	16 August 1989	Minister of Planning
17	Ramakrishna Hegde	5 December 1989	6 July 1990
18	Madhu Dandavate	7 July 1990	10 December 1990	Finance Minister of India
19	Mohan Dharia	11 December 1990	24 June 1991
20	Pranab Mukherjee	24 June 1991	15 May 1996	current President of India
21	Madhu Dandavate	1 August 1996	21 March 1998
22	Jaswant Singh	25 March 1998	4 February 1999
23	K.C. Pant	5 February 1999	17 June 2004
24	Montek Singh Ahluwalia	6 July 2004	5 June 2009
25	Montek Singh Ahluwalia	6 June 2009	26 May 2014

References

• History of the planning commission