List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Planning Commission
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Other Posts |
| 1 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 17 February 1953 | 21 September 1963 | Minister of Planning, later Prime Minister of India |
| 2 | Sir V.T. Krishnamachari | 17 February 1953 | 21 June 1960 | |
| 3 | Sir C.M. Trivedi | 22 September 1963 | 2 December 1963 | |
| 4 | Ashok Mehta | 3 December 1963 | 1 September 1967 | Minister of Planning |
| 5 | D.R. Gadgil | 2 September 1967 | 1 May 1971 | |
| 6 | C. Subramaniam | 2 May 1971 | 22 July 1972 | Minister of Planning |
| 7 | Durga Prasad Dhar | 23 July 1972 | 31 December 1974 | Minister of Planning |
| 8 | P.N. Haksar | 4 January 1975 | 31 May 1977 | |
| 9 | D.T. Lakdawala | 1 June 1977 | 15 February 1980 | |
| 10 | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | 9 June 1980 | 8 August 1981 | Minister of Planning |
| 11 | S.B. Chavan | 9 August 1981 | 19 July 1984 | Minister of Planning |
| 12 | Prakash Chandra Seth | 20 July 1984 | 31 October 1984 | Minister of Planning |
| 13 | P.V. Narasimha Rao | 1 November 1984 | 14 January 1985 | later Prime Minister of India |
| 14 | Manmohan Singh | 15 January 1985 | 31 August 1987 | later Prime Minister of India |
| 15 | P. Shiv Shankar | 25 July 1987 | 29 June 1988 | Minister of Planning |
| 16 | Madhav Singh Solanki | 30 June 1988 | 16 August 1989 | Minister of Planning |
| 17 | Ramakrishna Hegde | 5 December 1989 | 6 July 1990 | |
| 18 | Madhu Dandavate | 7 July 1990 | 10 December 1990 | Finance Minister of India |
| 19 | Mohan Dharia | 11 December 1990 | 24 June 1991 | |
| 20 | Pranab Mukherjee | 24 June 1991 | 15 May 1996 | current President of India |
| 21 | Madhu Dandavate | 1 August 1996 | 21 March 1998 | |
| 22 | Jaswant Singh | 25 March 1998 | 4 February 1999 | |
| 23 | K.C. Pant | 5 February 1999 | 17 June 2004 | |
| 24 | Montek Singh Ahluwalia | 6 July 2004 | 5 June 2009 | |
| 25 | Montek Singh Ahluwalia | 6 June 2009 | 26 May 2014 |
Present Members
The various members of NITI Aayog are:
- Chairperson: Prime Minister of India
- CEO:Amitabh kant
- Vice Chairperson:Arvind Panagariya
- Ex-Officio Members:Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh
- Special Invitees:Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot
- Full-time Members:Bibek Debroy (Economist), K. Saraswat (former DRDO Chief) and Ramesh Chand (Agriculture Expert)
- Governing Council: AllChief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of States and Union Territories