People have a wrong idea of what the Planning Commission does: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

The Planning Commission, along with the National Innovation Council, hosted its first Google Hangout on Friday to communicate the objectives of the 12th Five Year Plan via social media in a bid to increase public participation and engagement in growth and welfare issues. 

In the hour-long session, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of Planning Commission; Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Innovation Council, and Planning Commission members B.K. Chaturvedi, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Syeda Hameed, Narendra Jadhav, Arun Maira, Abhijit Sen and Sindhushree Khullar discuss the key ideas of the 12th Plan and take questions on the same.