The Planning Commission said in a reply to an RTI query the proposal to replace it is "still under consideration" of the central government.
"The proposal (to replace Planning Commission with a new body) is still under consideration with the government... As and when the final decision is taken by the government of India, the same will be placed in the public domain," the plan panel said in its reply to the RTI application filed by PTI.
In another development, Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, said the Planning Commission's replacement must be "lean and thin" with 10-12 people, even as he listed fiscal consolidation and trade and FDI liberalisation as key areas the new Indian government should focus on to return to high growth.
