Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission

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Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
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Last in office Montek Singh Ahluwalia 6 July 2004 – 26 May 2014
Status	Abolished
Appointer	Prime Minister of India
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Gulzarilal Nanda
Formation	17 February 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-02-17)
Final holder	Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Abolished	25 May 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-05-25)

Since the Prime Minister of India happened to be the ex-officio chairperson of Planning Commission of India, the position of the deputy chairperson had great significance.

From 1957 until 2014 23 persons have served as the deputy chairmen, but any woman not served in this post. The deputy chairmen Gulzarilal Nanda, P. V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh who served as Prime Minister of India.^[a] And Pranab Mukherjee who served this post in from 1991 to 1996, after served as the President of India. Many future chief ministers, former central ministers served in this post.
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