Consider the following statements:<br/>1. National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission.<br/>2. The Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.<br/>3. The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice.<br/><br/>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission.
Incorrect. The National Development Council was not an organ of the Planning Commission; it was a separate extra-constitutional body chaired by the Prime Minister.

2. Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.
Correct. Entry 20 of the Concurrent List deals with economic and social planning.

3. The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice.
Correct. Article 243G provides that Panchayats may be endowed with powers to prepare plans for economic development and social justice.

Hence, statements 2 and 3 only are correct.