Krishna Chandra Pant (10 August 1931 – 15 November 2012) was an Indian Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the prime minister's interlocutor on Kashmir.[2] He was a cabinet minister in the Government of India and held several constitutional positions over a period of 37 years. Pant had held the positions of Minister for Defence, Minister of state for Home Affairs, Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering, Finance, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology.[3] He was the first chairman of the Advisory Board on Energy, chairman of the 10th Finance Commission and the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India, the economic planning body of India; his Vision 2020 document was published as India's Development Scenario, Next Decade and Beyond.[4]
Krishna Chandra Pant
The deputy chairman, Planning Commission Shri K.C. Pant speaking at the inauguration of the "6 Asian Security Conference" organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi on January 27, 2004
Krishna Chandra Pant (K.C. Pant), informally known as "Raja" was born to the freedom fighter Govind Ballabh Pant[3] and Smt. Kalawati Pant on 10 August 1931 in Bhowali – Kumaon region of the Himalayas, United Provinces (now Uttarakhand). His early years were spent in Nainital and his schooling was in St. Joseph's College, Nainital. He moved to Lucknow, post-independence when his father was appointed as the chief minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh. He completed his post graduation from Lucknow University and went to Germany for further studies. In 1957, he married Ila Pant in Nainital.
Executive positions heldEdit
Minister of the State for Home Affairs (1971–1973)Edit
In the early 1970s, after winning the Lok-Sabha parliamentary election from Nainital, he took over his first ministerial posting as the minister of state for Home Affairs,[5] and resolved two very critical issues of the time. First, he negotiated to maintain Andhra-Telangana as a single state.[6] Secondly he helped the North Eastern states where there was a churning due to Meghalaya being granted full statehood.[7]
Minister of educationEdit
Pant was appointed as the minister for education in 1985. During his tenure he came up with some major campaigns like Education for the Blind, Mass Literacy Campaign, Delinking jobs from degrees, Education for all initiative, Model School for all the districts and some major job-oriented programmes. He also presented and passed the proposal for setting up an open university that would provide higher education to everyone. It was named Indira Gandhi National Open University – IGNOU.[8]
Minister of defence (1987–1989)Edit
Pant was Union Minister for Defence for the years 1987–89. The major initiatives taken by him were Modernisation of Defence equipment and services upgrading and making it self–sufficient, improving the foreign ties with Russia, US and other countries. He also played a major role in the Agni and Prithvi missile programmes.[9][10][11]
Executive bodies positions heldEdit
Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission (1992–95)Edit
Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission[12] by the then Prime Minister Narsimha Rao. He was responsible for giving recommendations for the distributions of the net proceeds of taxes between the Union and the States and also on the norms related to the grants-in-aid allotted to the states to raise their income in addition to other activities like suggesting changes with respect to the net proceeds in terms of additional excise duties etc.
Deputy chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council (1998)Edit
Pant was responsible for heading the long-term strategic planning and formulation of strategy of national security, for the coordination of current decision making and followup of policy implementation and for coordinated intelligence assessment for national security planning and management as the Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council.[13]
Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Population (1999)Edit
Under Pant's tenure, the National Population Policy with the objective of Population Control, was constituted on 11 April 2000.[14]
The planning commission was headed by the then prime minister, A.B Vajpayee, and K.C Pant was appointed as the deputy chairman.[15] He, along with his committee members, focused on agricultural development to achieve the goal of Hunger Free India. To ensure food security, he implemented strategies to double the food production, increase the employment and income in the agricultural sector, improved the rural infrastructure through poverty alleviation schemes and started distributing free food grains to the people below the poverty line. During his tenure, he concentrated on the other sectors too. In the education sector, investment was made in the PM's Special Action Plan for the expansion and improvement of social infrastructure in education. Then, measures were adopted to increase the employment in the country. Measures were taken to improve the health of the industrial, railway and telecommunication sectors. On 1 January 2004 Pant as a deputy chairman, planning commission in his official statement confirmed that India's GDP growth was at 8%.[16]
He was chairman of the 10th Finance Commission. Chairman, Centre for Research and Information Systems for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi; chairman, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad; and, co-chairman, Indo-UK Round Table. K.C. Pant has represented India in several international forums from 1965 onwards. He has widely travelled in India and abroad.
DeathEdit
K C Pant died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 81.[17][18][19] He left behind his wife Ila Pant and two sons.
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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Krishna Chandra Pant 10 August 1931 15 November 2012 was an Indian Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the prime minister s interlocutor on Kashmir 2 He was a cabinet minister in the Government of India and held several constitutional positions over a period of 37 years Pant had held the positions of Minister for Defence Minister of state for Home Affairs Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering Finance Atomic Energy and Science and Technology 3 He was the first chairman of the Advisory Board on Energy chairman of the 10th Finance Commission and the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India the economic planning body of India his Vision 2020 document was published as India s Development Scenario Next Decade and Beyond 4 Krishna Chandra PantThe deputy chairman Planning Commission Shri K C Pant speaking at the inauguration of the 6 Asian Security Conference organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses IDSA in New Delhi on January 27 200418th Minister of Defence India In office 1987 198923rd deputy chairman Planning Commission of India 1 In office 1999 2004Personal detailsBorn 1931 08 10 10 August 1931Bhowali United Provinces British IndiaDied15 November 2012 2012 11 15 aged 81 Delhi IndiaPolitical partyBhartiya Janata PartyOther politicalaffiliationsIndian National CongressSpouseIla PantChildren2 Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Executive positions held 2 1 Minister of the State for Home Affairs 1971 1973 2 2 Minister of education 2 3 Minister of defence 1987 1989 3 Executive bodies positions held 3 1 Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission 1992 95 3 2 Deputy chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council 1998 3 3 Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Population 1999 3 4 Deputy chairman planning commission 1999 2004 4 Death 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and family EditKrishna Chandra Pant K C Pant informally known as Raja was born to the freedom fighter Govind Ballabh Pant 3 and Smt Kalawati Pant on 10 August 1931 in Bhowali Kumaon region of the Himalayas United Provinces now Uttarakhand His early years were spent in Nainital and his schooling was in St Joseph s College Nainital He moved to Lucknow post independence when his father was appointed as the chief minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh He completed his post graduation from Lucknow University and went to Germany for further studies In 1957 he married Ila Pant in Nainital Executive positions held EditMinister of the State for Home Affairs 1971 1973 Edit In the early 1970s after winning the Lok Sabha parliamentary election from Nainital he took over his first ministerial posting as the minister of state for Home Affairs 5 and resolved two very critical issues of the time First he negotiated to maintain Andhra Telangana as a single state 6 Secondly he helped the North Eastern states where there was a churning due to Meghalaya being granted full statehood 7 Minister of education Edit Pant was appointed as the minister for education in 1985 During his tenure he came up with some major campaigns like Education for the Blind Mass Literacy Campaign Delinking jobs from degrees Education for all initiative Model School for all the districts and some major job oriented programmes He also presented and passed the proposal for setting up an open university that would provide higher education to everyone It was named Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU 8 Minister of defence 1987 1989 Edit Pant was Union Minister for Defence for the years 1987 89 The major initiatives taken by him were Modernisation of Defence equipment and services upgrading and making it self sufficient improving the foreign ties with Russia US and other countries He also played a major role in the Agni and Prithvi missile programmes 9 10 11 Executive bodies positions held EditChairman of the 10th Finance Commission 1992 95 Edit Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission 12 by the then Prime Minister Narsimha Rao He was responsible for giving recommendations for the distributions of the net proceeds of taxes between the Union and the States and also on the norms related to the grants in aid allotted to the states to raise their income in addition to other activities like suggesting changes with respect to the net proceeds in terms of additional excise duties etc Deputy chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council 1998 Edit Pant was responsible for heading the long term strategic planning and formulation of strategy of national security for the coordination of current decision making and followup of policy implementation and for coordinated intelligence assessment for national security planning and management as the Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council 13 Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Population 1999 Edit Under Pant s tenure the National Population Policy with the objective of Population Control was constituted on 11 April 2000 14 Deputy chairman planning commission 1999 2004 Edit The planning commission was headed by the then prime minister A B Vajpayee and K C Pant was appointed as the deputy chairman 15 He along with his committee members focused on agricultural development to achieve the goal of Hunger Free India To ensure food security he implemented strategies to double the food production increase the employment and income in the agricultural sector improved the rural infrastructure through poverty alleviation schemes and started distributing free food grains to the people below the poverty line During his tenure he concentrated on the other sectors too In the education sector investment was made in the PM s Special Action Plan for the expansion and improvement of social infrastructure in education Then measures were adopted to increase the employment in the country Measures were taken to improve the health of the industrial railway and telecommunication sectors On 1 January 2004 Pant as a deputy chairman planning commission in his official statement confirmed that India s GDP growth was at 8 16 He was chairman of the 10th Finance Commission Chairman Centre for Research and Information Systems for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries RIS New Delhi chairman G B Pant Social Science Institute Allahabad and co chairman Indo UK Round Table K C Pant has represented India in several international forums from 1965 onwards He has widely travelled in India and abroad Death EditK C Pant died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 81 17 18 19 He left behind his wife Ila Pant and two sons See also EditGovind Ballabh Pant Ila PantReferences Edit List of Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India PDF Planning Commission of India Archived from the original PDF on 19 July 2014 Retrieved 14 October 2013 The Pant mission Retrieved 13 September 2017 a b An old school politician Krishna Chandra Pant The Economic Times The Times Group 15 November 2012 Retrieved 13 February 2016 India s Development Scenario Next Decade and Beyond A Set of 2 Volumes K C Pant Ed ACADEMIC FOUNDATION Retrieved 7 September 2017 Sisson Richard 1990 War and Secession Pakistan India and creation of Bangladesh Oxford University of California Press pp 139 ISBN 0 520 06280 9 An old school politician known for negotiating skills Retrieved 13 September 2017 THE AUTONOMOUS STATE OF MEGHALAYA PDF Shodhganga 23 IGNOU to honour K C Pant former V Cs The Hindu 27 September 2010 Retrieved 4 October 2017 Raj Jai Janak 2003 Presidents of India 1950 2003 Astral International P Ltd p 314 ISBN 9788187498650 Many rocket failures shaped the Missile Man Deccan Herald 29 July 2015 Retrieved 4 October 2017 KALAM S BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW INDIA The Pioneer 30 July 2015 Retrieved 4 October 2017 TENTH FINANCE COMMISSION FincomIndia Retrieved 13 September 2017 National Security Council unlikely to make a mark due to lack of innovation Retrieved 13 September 2017 Population Commission to come under Health Ministry The Hindu 13 October 2014 Retrieved 4 October 2017 dead link List of Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India PDF Planning Commission Government of India Archived from the original PDF on 19 July 2014 Retrieved 4 October 2017 India Vision 2020 PDF Planning Commission Government of India December 2002 Archived from the original PDF on 16 May 2012 Retrieved 4 October 2017 Former Defence Minister KC Pant dead NDTV com 15 November 2012 Retrieved 15 November 2012 Former defence minister K C Pant passes away PM and Antony offer condolences India Today 15 November 2012 An eulogy for Shri K C Pant External links EditInterview with K C Pant Detailed Portfolio K C Pant passes awayPolitical 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