Who is the present Vice-President of Planning Commission?

The Planning Commission of India (1950–2014) was a Government of India body responsible for economic and social planning, headed ex officio by the Prime Minister as Chairman. Its full-time working head was the Deputy Chairman, a Cabinet-rank appointee often described as the Commission's Vice-Chairman or Vice-President, who ran its day-to-day functioning.

At the time this question was framed (UPTET 2013), Montek Singh Ahluwalia held the Deputy Chairman post — he was appointed to it in 2004 and held it until he resigned in May 2014; the Planning Commission itself was dissolved later that year and replaced by NITI Aayog from January 2015.

• Manmohan Singh: the Prime Minister of India at the time, and so the Commission's ex-officio Chairman — a different, higher office from its Deputy Chairman.

• P. Chidambaram: the Union Finance Minister during this period, heading a separate cabinet ministry with no Planning Commission role.

• Sushma Swaraj: a senior parliamentary leader at the time, holding no position in the Planning Commission.

So among the given options, only Montek Singh Ahluwalia held the Planning Commission's Deputy Chairman (Vice-Chairman/Vice-President) post, making it the correct answer.