NEW DELHI: During the Chief Ministers meet with the Prime Minister to disscuss the disbanding of the Planning Commission, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao suggested that the new institution’s primary role should be that of a ‘think tank’, which should minutely examine present and future implications of each policy proposal and new schemes.
“While the decision making will be done by Team India, think tank should provide technical inputs,” he said.
He also suggested that in future, all transfers from the Centre might be based on the recommendations of the finance commission.
“The allocative role of the Planning Commission may be dispensed with,” he said.
This will be in the true spirit of the Constitution and will result in doing away with the artificial distinction of transfers and expenditure into plan and non-plan. The Constitution does not provide for such a distinction,” he said.
