Consider the following statements :

1. The National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission.

2. The Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India. 

3. The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 

Correct option is B

• The National Development Council was set up in 1952 asan organization parallel to the Planning Commission. NDC (National Development Council) has been proposed to be abolished. But till date no resolution has been passed to abolish it.

• Since the inception of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council (which has almost the same composition and roles as NDC), the NDC has had no work assigned to it nor did it have any meetings. Both the remaining statements (2 and 3) are correct.

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