The Planning Commission became effective only when its recommendations were approved by whom?
1) The President of India
2) The Union Cabinet
3) The State Governments
4) The Chief Justice of India

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The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by a simple resolution of the Government of India. The Prime Minister was its Chairperson. It was an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body. It became the most influential & central machinery for deciding what path & strategy India would adopt for its development. It had an advisory role and its recommendations became effective only when the Union Cabinet approved these.