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⚫ '''Krishna Chandra Pant''' was a '''Statesman and Visionary''' of '''Modern India'''. He was a '''Member of the Indian Parliament for 26 years''' and was the Prime Minister's Interlocutor on Kashmir. He was a Cabinet Minister in the ] and held several Constitutional positions '''over a period of 37 years. K.C. Pant''' held the portfolios of '''Minister''' at Ministry of '''Defence, Finance, Steel and Heavy Engineering, Home Affairs, Electronics, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology'''. He was the '''first Chairman''' of the '''Advisory Board on Energy''', '''Chairman of the Xth Finance Commission''' and the '''Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission''' of India, the pivotal economic planning body of the Republic of India; His '''Vision 2020 document was published as 'India's Development Scenario, Next Decade and Beyond.'''..'.


⚫ '''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18090390.htm|title=The Pant mission|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> He was a cabinet minister in the ] and held several constitutional positions over a period of 37 years. Pant had held the positions of ], Minister of state for Home Affairs, Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering, Finance, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology.<ref name="economictimes" /> He was the first chairman of the Advisory Board on Energy, chairman of the 10th Finance Commission and the ], the economic planning body of India; his Vision 2020 document was published as ''India's Development Scenario, Next Decade and Beyond''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://academicfoundation.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=490|title=India's Development Scenario Next Decade and Beyond....(A Set of 2 Volumes) K.C. Pant (Ed.)|website=ACADEMIC FOUNDATION|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
⚫ ==Early life==
Krishna Chandra Pant (K.C. Pant), affectionately known as ''“Raja”'' was born to the Freedom Fighter Pandit ](who along with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru was a key figure in the fight for Independence from the British crown) and Smt. Kalawati Pant on the 10th of 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 not only excelled in studies but also in swimming, boxing and cricket.


⚫ ==Early life and family==
He moved to Lucknow, post-independence when his father was appointed the Chief Minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh. He completed his post-graduation from Lucknow University and went to Germany for further studies.
Krishna Chandra Pant (K.C. Pant), informally known as ''"Raja"'' was born to the freedom fighter ]<ref name="economictimes">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-11-15/news/35133283_1_govind-ballabh-pant-k-c-pant-bjp-ticket | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216235356/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-11-15/news/35133283_1_govind-ballabh-pant-k-c-pant-bjp-ticket | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 February 2016 | title=An old school politician: Krishna Chandra Pant | publisher=] | work=] | date=15 November 2012 | access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref> and Smt. Kalawati Pant on 10 August 1931 in Bhowali – Kumaon region of the Himalayas, United Provinces (now ]). His early years were spent in Nainital and his schooling was in ]. 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 ] in Nainital.


== Executive positions held ==
In 1957, he married ] in Nainital.


==Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs (1971-1973)== === Minister of the State for Home Affairs (1971–1973) ===
In the early 70s, after winning the Lok Sabha from Nainital he took over his first Ministerial posting as the Minister of Home Affairs, and resolved three very critical issues of that time. First, in negotiating to maintain Andhra-Telangana as a single State. Second in playing a crucial role to resettle the influx of refugees from the Bangladesh into West Bengal and, Third, in helping the North East States where there was a churning because of that Meghalaya was given full statehood. 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,<ref>{{Cite book|title=War and Secession: Pakistan, India and creation of Bangladesh|last=Sisson|first=Richard|publisher=University of California Press|year=1990|isbn=0-520-06280-9|location=Oxford|pages=|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/warsecessionpaki00siss/page/139}}</ref> and resolved two very critical issues of the time. First, he negotiated to maintain Andhra-Telangana as a single state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/an-old-school-politician-known-for-negotiating-skills/article4104108.ece|title=An old school politician known for negotiating skills|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> Secondly he helped the North Eastern states where there was a churning due to Meghalaya being granted full statehood.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=THE AUTONOMOUS STATE OF MEGHALAYA|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/67850/24/24_chapter%2019.pdf|journal=Shodhganga|pages=23}}</ref>


=== <u>Minister of Space and Technology</u> === === Minister of education ===
⚫ 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/IGNOU-to-honour-K.C.-Pant-former-V-Cs/article16049075.ece|title=IGNOU to honour K.C. Pant, former V-Cs|date=27 September 2010|work=The Hindu|access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref>
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During the year 1971 itself, K.C. Pant concurrently held the portfolio for Ministry of Space and Technology which then built India’s 1st indigenously made satellite and launched Aryabhata, the 1st satellite to be put in orbit around earth.


=== <u>Minister of Irrigation and Power</u> === === Minister of defence (1987–1989) ===
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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Presidents of India, 1950–2003|last=Raj Jai|first=Janak|publisher=Astral International (P) Ltd|year=2003|isbn=9788187498650|pages=314}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/492070/many-rocket-failures-shaped-missile.html|title=Many rocket failures shaped the 'Missile Man'|date=29 July 2015|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/oped/kalams-blueprint-for-a-new-india.html|title=KALAM'S BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW INDIA|date=30 July 2015|work=The Pioneer|access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref>
K.C. Pant was the Minister of Irrigation and Power from 1973 – 75. The Bhakra Nangal Dam, build in the year 1963, he ensured that the power generation capacity of the dam increased. He issued the plan to build a power plant linked to Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in the year 1972.


== Executive bodies positions held ==
K.C. Pant, in association with the Central Water and Power Research station, launched a centrally sponsored Command Area Development (CAD) programme during his tenure, wherein 60 major and medium irrigation projects were taken up under the CAD Programme, covering a Culturable Command Area (CCA) of about 15 million hectare. Also, he inaugurated The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) as the Minister for Energy, on 29 October 1979 at New Delhi<u>.</u>


⚫ === Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission (1992–95) ===
=== <u>Minister of Atomic Energy</u> ===
⚫ Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fincomindia.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=3&uid2=0&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0|title=TENTH FINANCE COMMISSION|website=FincomIndia|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> 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.
K.C. Pant took over as the Minister for Atomic Energy, assisting the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, from November 9, 1973, to October, 1974, in the Department of Atomic Energy. It was during his tenure that Pokharan – I was launched and tested.


⚫ === Deputy chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council (1998) ===
=== <u>Minister of Energy</u> ===
⚫ 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-security-council-unlikely-to-make-a-mark-due-to-lack-of-innovation/1/265382.html|title=National Security Council unlikely to make a mark due to lack of innovation|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref>
K.C. Pant was the Minister For Energy. His major contributions were in the following projects: Farakka Thermal Power Plant, Kalpakkam Power Plant, Setting up of Asian Grid System, Improving the condition of NTPC and NHPC plants, Modernization of Coal Mining Companies, Boosting of Solar Energy Generation and laying the foundation of Durgapur Power Plant. Also, to ensure that the North Eastern region may not be neglected therefore built a separate corporation exclusively for the region called NEEPCO.]


⚫ === Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Population (1999) ===
=== <u>Minister of Education</u> ===
Under Pant's tenure, the National Population Policy with the objective of Population Control, was constituted on 11 April 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/13/stories/2004101306331200.htm|title=Population Commission to come under Health Ministry|date=13 October 2014|work=]|access-date=4 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
⚫ K.C. 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.


=== Deputy chairman, planning commission (1999–2004) ===
=== <u>Minister of Steel and Mines</u> ===
The planning commission was headed by the then prime minister, A.B Vajpayee, and K.C Pant was appointed as the deputy chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/past_dch.pdf|title=List of Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India|website=Planning Commission, Government of India|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=19 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719155347/http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/past_dch.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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%.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=December 2002|title=India Vision 2020|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/pl_vsn2020.pdf|journal=Planning Commission, Government of India|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=16 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516025652/http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/pl_vsn2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
K.C. Pant was the minister for Steel and Mines during the period of 1985-86. During that period there was a sharp downfall in the supply of steel in India. Therefore, he came up with the solution of Modernization and Expansion of Steel Plants. He went through with the modernization of Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants and the renovation of the Durgapur Plant. Also, he introduced the self-sufficiency policy in this sector and implemented it in Rourkela and Visakhapatnam Steel Plants. He boosted the Aluminium Production with the NALCO project.


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.
Apart from a new steel policy K.C Pant ensured that a consumer Council was setup to facilitate consumers on latest trends in both the global and local markets. The Consumer Council bridged the gap between the consumer and the government.
K.C. Pant has represented India in several international forums from 1965 onwards. He has widely travelled in India and abroad.

=== <u>Minister of Defense</u> ===
K.C. Pant was Minister for Defense for the years 1987-89. The major initiatives taken by him were Modernisation of Defense equipment and services upgrading and making it self –sufficient, improving the foreign ties with – Russia, USA and other countries. Also, he played a major role of the missile programmes that took place i.e. of Agni and Prithvi.]

==Positions Held==
Notwithstanding his Ministerial stints, Mr. K.C. Pant held diverse and prominent Constitutional positions:

⚫ === <u>Chairman of the Xth Finance Commission (1992 – 95)</u> ===
⚫ K.C. Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the X<sup>th</sup> Finance Commission 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.

=== <u>Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission (1998-2004)</u> ===
The Planning Commission was headed by the then Prime Minister, A.B Vajpayee and K.C Pant was appointed as the Deputy Chairman. 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 with the initiative of 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 01st Jan, 2004 - K.C. Pant as a Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission in his official statement confirmed that the '''India's Growth was at 8% Gross Domestic Product (GDP)K.C. Pant Vision 2020 document was published under his leadership as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission..''']

⚫ === <u>Vice Chairman</u><u>, National Commission on Population (1999)</u> ===
Under K.C. Pant's tenure, the National Population Policy with the objective of Population Control, was constituted on 11 April 2000.

⚫ === <u>Chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council (1998)</u> ===
⚫ K.C. Pant was responsible for heading the Long term strategic planning and formulation of strategy of national security, then for the co-ordination of current decision making and follow-up of policy implementation and finally for co-ordinated intelligence assessment for national security planning and management.


==Death== ==Death==
Krishna Chandra Pant died on 15 November 2012 following a heart attack at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/former-defence-minister-kc-pant-dead-292847 |title=Former Defence Minister KC Pant dead |publisher=NDTV.com |date= 15 November 2012|accessdate=15 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kc-pant-dead/1/229289.html |title=Former defence minister K.C. Pant passes away; PM and Antony offer condolences|publisher=India Today |date= 15 November 2012}}</ref> He left behind his wife ] and two sons Ranjan and Sunil. K C Pant died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/former-defence-minister-kc-pant-dead-292847 |title=Former Defence Minister KC Pant dead |publisher=NDTV.com |date= 15 November 2012|access-date=15 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kc-pant-dead/1/229289.html |title=Former defence minister K.C. Pant passes away; PM and Antony offer condolences|publisher=India Today |date= 15 November 2012}}</ref><ref>,</ref> He left behind his wife ] and two sons.


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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 27 January 2004
18th Minister of Defence (India)
In office
1987–1989
23rd deputy chairman, Planning Commission of India
In office
1999–2004
Personal details
Born(1931-08-10)10 August 1931
Bhowali, United Provinces, British India
Died15 November 2012(2012-11-15) (aged 81)
Delhi, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
SpouseIla Pant
Children2 (Ranjan Pant)

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. 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. 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.

Early life and family

Krishna Chandra Pant (K.C. Pant), informally known as "Raja" was born to the freedom fighter Govind Ballabh Pant 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

Minister of the State for Home Affairs (1971–1973)

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, and resolved two very critical issues of the time. First, he negotiated to maintain Andhra-Telangana as a single state. Secondly he helped the North Eastern states where there was a churning due to Meghalaya being granted full statehood.

Minister of education

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.

Minister of defence (1987–1989)

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.

Executive bodies positions held

Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission (1992–95)

Pant was appointed as the Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission 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)

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.

Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Population (1999)

Under Pant's tenure, the National Population Policy with the objective of Population Control, was constituted on 11 April 2000.

Deputy chairman, planning commission (1999–2004)

The planning commission was headed by the then prime minister, A.B Vajpayee, and K.C Pant was appointed as the deputy chairman. 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%.

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

K C Pant died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 81. He left behind his wife Ila Pant and two sons.

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. "The Pant mission". Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "An old school politician: Krishna Chandra Pant". The Economic Times. The Times Group. 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. "India's Development Scenario Next Decade and Beyond....(A Set of 2 Volumes) K.C. Pant (Ed.)". ACADEMIC FOUNDATION. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. Sisson, Richard (1990). War and Secession: Pakistan, India and creation of Bangladesh. Oxford: University of California Press. pp. 139. ISBN 0-520-06280-9.
  6. "An old school politician known for negotiating skills". Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. "THE AUTONOMOUS STATE OF MEGHALAYA" (PDF). Shodhganga: 23.
  8. "IGNOU to honour K.C. Pant, former V-Cs". The Hindu. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  9. Raj Jai, Janak (2003). Presidents of India, 1950–2003. Astral International (P) Ltd. p. 314. ISBN 9788187498650.
  10. "Many rocket failures shaped the 'Missile Man'". Deccan Herald. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  11. "KALAM'S BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW INDIA". The Pioneer. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  12. "TENTH FINANCE COMMISSION". FincomIndia. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  13. "National Security Council unlikely to make a mark due to lack of innovation". Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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