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Who was instrumental in founding the National Planning Committee (the forerunner of the Planning Commission) in 1938, for drawing up a plan of economic development on the basis of industrialization?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: A) Subhas Chandra Bose šŸ“š Explanation: Subhas Chandra Bose was the President of the INC when he initiated the formation of the National Planning Committee in 1938. He believed that independent India needed heavy industrialization. He appointed Jawaharlal Nehru as the chairman of this committee. This body was the earliest version of what eventually became the Planning Commission of India.