Children 2, Sons Parents Govind Ballabh Pant Spouse Ila Pant | Role Politician Name K. Pant | |
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Died November 15, 2012, Delhi, New Delhi Grandparents Govindi Pant, Manorath Pant | ||
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Former Union minister K C Pant passes away
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.
Contents
- Former Union minister K C Pant passes away
- Early life Family
- Minister of the State for Home Affairs 1971 1973
- Chairman of the 10th Finance Commission 1992 95
- Deputy Chairman Task Force for establishing the National Security Council 1998
- Death
- References
Early life & 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.
Minister of the State for Home Affairs (1971-1973)
In the early 70's, 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.
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.
Death
K C Pant died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 81. He left behind his wife Ila Pant and two sons.