16-819: [REDACTED] Look up maira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maira may refer to: People [ edit ] Arun Maira (born 1943), Indian politician Maira Alexandra Rodríguez (born 1991), Venezuelan model Maira Bes-Rastrollo , Spanish academic Maira Bravo Behrendt (born 1991), Brazilian rugby sevens player Maira Kalman (born 1949), Israeli-born American artist Maira Khan , Pakistani actress Maira Shamsutdinova , Soviet/Kazakh singer and composer Maíra Charken (born 1978), Dutch Brazilian actress Maíra Vieira , Brazilian model Radhika Maira Tabrez , Indian writer Places [ edit ] Maira (river) , Italy Maira Valley , Italy Maira,
32-549: A reciprocity between science and politics. M. Visvesvaraya generously agreed and Jawaharlal Nehru was made head of the National Planning Committee. The so-called " British Raj " also formally established the Advisory Planning Board under K. C. Neogy that functioned from 1944 to 1946. Industrialists and economists independently formulated at least three development plans. Some scholars have argued that
48-438: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arun Maira Management expert; Former Member, Planning Commission of India ; Former Chairman, Boston Consulting Group , India; Arun Maira (born 15 August 1943) is a management consultant and former member of Planning Commission of India . He is also a former chairman of Boston Consulting Group , India. Arun Maira
64-846: The ex officio Chairperson, the committee had a nominated deputy chairperson, with the rank of a full Cabinet Minister. Cabinet Ministers with certain important portfolios acted as ex officio members of the commission, while the full-time members were experts in various fields like economics, industry, science and general administration. Ex officio members of the Commission included the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, Home Minister, Health Minister, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Information Technology Minister, Law Minister, Human Resource Development Minister and Minister of State for Planning. The Commission worked through its various divisions, of which there were two kinds: The majority of
80-658: The Lombard name for the river Mera (Lake Como) , in Switzerland and Italy Other [ edit ] Maira (fly) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Maira . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maira&oldid=1148108774 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
96-645: The Planning Commission, reporting directly to the Prime Minister of India , was established on 15 March 1950, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the chairman. Authority for creation of the Planning Commission was not derived from the Constitution of India or statute; it is an arm of the Central Government of India . The first Five-Year Plan was launched in 1951, focusing mainly on development of
112-496: The agricultural sector. Two subsequent Five-Year Plans were formulated before 1965, when there was a break because of the Indo-Pakistan conflict. Two successive years of drought, devaluation of the currency, a general rise in prices and erosion of resources disrupted the planning process and after three Annual Plans between 1966 and 1969, the fourth Five-Year Plan was started in 1969. The Eighth Plan could not take off in 1990 due to
128-532: The experts in the commission were economists, making the commission the biggest employer of the Indian Economic Service . The Indian Planning Commission's functions as outlined by the Government's 1950 resolution are following: In March 2013, Planning Commission launched a massive social media campaign for spreading Awareness about 12th Five Year Plan. It was followed by a series of Google+ Hangouts and
144-464: The fast changing political situation at the centre, and the years 1990–91 and 1991–92 were treated as Annual Plans. The Eighth Plan was finally launched in 1992 after the initiation of structural adjustment policies. For the first eight Plans the emphasis was on a growing public sector with massive investments in basic and heavy industries, but since the launch of the Ninth Plan in 1997, the emphasis on
160-474: The introduction of planning as an instrument was intended to transcend the ideological divisions between Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru . Other scholars have argued that the Planning Commission, as a central agency in the context of plural democracy in India , needs to carry out more functions than rudimentary economic planning. After India achieved independence , a formal model of planning was adopted, and accordingly
176-476: The public sector has become less pronounced and the current thinking on planning in the country, in general, is that it should increasingly be of an indicative nature. In 2014, Narendra Modi government decided to wind down the Planning Commission. It was replaced by the newly formed NITI Aayog . The composition of the Commission underwent considerable changes since its initiation. With the Prime Minister as
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#1732848286796192-466: The state , was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose , Atul Tiwari, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who had been persuaded by Meghnad Saha to set up a National Planning Committee. M. Visvesvaraya had been elected head of the Planning Committee. Meghnad Saha approached him and requested him to step down, putting forward the argument that planning needed
208-544: Was Leader of Global Organisation Practice and managing director of Innovation Associates, a subsidiary of Arthur D. Little. Maira served as the chairman of Boston Consulting Group in India from 2000 to April 2008. He was then appointed as a member of the Planning Commission of India in 2009. His focus here was on the development of strategies related to industrialisation and urbanisation. Between 2000 and 2009, Arun Maira
224-453: Was an institution in the Government of India which formulated India's Five-Year Plans , among other functions. In his first Independence Day speech in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his intention to dissolve the Planning Commission. It has since been replaced by a new institution named NITI Aayog . Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the sovereign authority of
240-631: Was born in Lahore . He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in physics from St Stephen's College, Delhi University. Arun Maira was part of Tata Administrative Services for 25 years and held various positions in Tata Group until 1989. Maira was board member of Tata Motors from 1981 to 1989 and played an instrumental role in Tata Motors's entry into the LCV segment. He then worked at Arthur D. Little for 10 years where he
256-694: Was on the boards of several companies which are listed below: Maira has also served as chairman of Axis Bank Foundation and Save the Children , India. He was also a board member of the India Brand Equity Foundation , the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs , and the UN Global Compact , and WWF India. Maira has authored several books on leadership and organisation, including Planning Commission of India The Planning Commission
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