Consider the following statements 1. Food for Work Programme was launched in India during the 10th Five Year Plan. 2. The Planning Commission in India is a constitutional body. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Statement 1 is correct. The National Food for Work Programme (NFWP) was launched in India in November 2004 during the 10th Five Year Plan (2002–2007). It aimed to provide additional resources to 150 of the most backward districts to generate supplementary wage employment and provide food security. Statement 2 is incorrect. The Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by a simple executive resolution of the Government of India [c3, t1]. It was an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body, meaning it was not created by the Constitution or an Act of Parliament [c1, t1]. It served as an advisory body to the government until it was scrapped in 2014 and replaced by the NITI Aayog on January 1, 2015, which also maintains a non-constitutional status [c1, c4, t2].

Sources

1. [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 56: NITI Aayog > ESTABLISHMENT > p. 465
2. [2] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 3: Politics of Planned Development > Planning Commission > p. 48
3. [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Disbanding Planning Commission and Setting up NITI Aayog > p. 779
4. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NITI_Aayog