Planning Commission needs replacement: Modi

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Planning Commission should be replaced by an organisation that thinks creatively, strengthens the federal structure, and is able to energize governance at the state level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

In his concluding remarks at the consultation meeting with chief ministers on the eplacement of the Planning Commission, Modi referred to his predecessor Manmohan Singh’s remarks that the body had no futuristic vision in the post-reform period and, hence, must be reinvented to remain more effective and relevant in the present situation.

He termed Sunday’s meeting fruitful and said all chief ministers had offered significant suggestions, said an official statement.