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The National Planning Committee (NPC) was established in 1938 by the Indian National Congress under the presidency of Subhash Chandra Bose, but the Chairman of the committee was Jawaharlal Nehru.
Purpose: To prepare a blueprint for the economic development of India.
Significance: This was the first major attempt at national economic planning in India.
The committee emphasized: Industrialization.Reduction of inequality.Public sector role in major industries.Its recommendations laid the foundation for later Five-Year Plans post-independence.