TVK Government plans to shut state's planning commission?

If the curtain falls on Tamil Nadu’s 55-year-old State Planning Commission (SPC), it will mark another decisive episode in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s ongoing push to systematically remove higher bureaucracy from core governing positions. Following the resignation of the DMK-appointed team, the TVK-led government’s refusal to appoint a new Vice-Chairperson and full-time members leaves the body effectively hollowed out, operating solely through ex-officio officials and a single Member-Secretary.

This calculated inaction signals an intentional strategy to let key advisory panels fade into redundancy rather than actively maintain them. Should the SPC be officially abolished, it will fit seamlessly into a growing pattern under the Vijay administration—one defined by the steady sidelining and dismantling of top-tier administrative setups that traditionally shaped state policy.