Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: A new government body in the place of the old centralised model of Planning Commission will likely to be formed by the year end, as per media reports.
The PM had promised on August 15 to announce "a new institution with a new spirit" soon.
The new body will lead the country based on creative thinking, public-private partnership, optimum utilisation of resources, utilisation of youth power of the nation, to promote the aspirations of state governments seeking development, to empower the state governments and to empower the federal structure, he had said.
"Very shortly, we are about to move in a direction when this institute would be functioning in place of Planning Commission," Modi had said.
The Congress had opposed the government's move, terming it a "knee-jerk and half-baked decision" and favoured a "restructuring instead of dismantling" of the panel.
Later on his Twitter posts, Modi had invited suggestions from people on the proposed body to replace the plan panel.
"Inviting you to share your ideas on what shape the new institution to replace the Planning Commission can take," he had tweeted.
With PTI Inputs
