Multiple choice general knowledge

The highest body that approves Five Year Plans in India is

  1. Planning commission

  2. National development council

  3. Interstate council

  4. Union cabinet
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Explanation

The National Development Council (NDC) is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in India. While the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) prepared the plans, the NDC - comprising all Chief Ministers and central Cabinet Ministers - had the final approval authority. The NDC provided a forum for center-state coordination on economic planning.

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