In 1938 The National Planning Committee was set up by the Indian National congress. The Chairman of the committee was :

Bhimrao Ambedkar K.T.Shah Jawaharalal Nehru Rajendra Prasad

Jawaharalal Nehru

Nearly a decade before the country’s Independence, in 1938 a National Planning Committee with Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman and K.T. Shah as the general editor was set up by the Indian National Congress.