New Delhi, Aug 07: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. He said, the State Governments made commendable efforts in combating the challenge of COVID-19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that collective efforts in the spirit of cooperative federalism as a force helped India overcome the pandemic like COVID-19.
On Sunday, in the seventh meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog, the Prime Minister said, “Every state played an important role according to its strength and contributed to India’s fight against COVID. From this fight, India is an example of a global leader in front of developing countries.” emerged as
Referring to the G20 meeting
PM Modi also talked about the G-20 countries meeting to be chaired by India in 2023. He said the G20 meeting was a unique opportunity to show the world that India is not just Delhi – it includes every state and union territory of the country.
Talk about achievements and challenges
Each Chief Minister and Lt Governor present in the meeting spoke on the priorities, achievements and challenges of their respective States and Union Territories with special focus on four major agenda items.
Business, Tourism, Technology USP of the States
In his closing remarks, PM Modi said that every state should focus on promoting its 3-T – Trade, Tourism, Technology through the Indian Mission spread across the world. He said that the states should focus on reducing imports, increasing exports and identifying opportunities for the same in each state.
Who attended the meeting of NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog Governing Council, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met on Sunday at the Cultural Center of Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital. Chief Ministers of States and Union Territories, MLAs, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, ex-officio members, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, full time members of NITI Aayog and Union Ministers were present as special invitees in the meeting. This is the first meeting of the Governing Council since July 2019, in which all the members were physically present.
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talks on these issues
Crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds and pulses were included in the agenda of the meeting of NITI Aayog. Also the implementation of the National Policy on Education-School Education; Implementation of National Policy on Education-Higher Education; And issues like urban governance were also discussed.
Nitish Kumar also did not attend the meeting
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also did not attend the meeting. Earlier Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has boycotted this important meeting. In a letter to PM Modi, KCR said that there is no justification for attending the meeting of NITI Aayog to protest against the Center discriminating against states and not treating them as equal partners. To this, NITI Aayog replied that the decision of Telangana Chief Minister not to attend the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog is unfortunate.
purpose of the meeting
According to a government statement regarding the NITI Aayog meeting, the objective of the meeting was to “coordinate towards a new era of cooperation and cooperation between the Center and the States and Union Territories towards building a stable, sustainable and inclusive India”. to pave the way”.
KCR did not attend NITI Aayog meeting
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will boycott the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog to be held on Sunday. He has taken this step due to the discriminatory attitude of the Center towards the states. Rao also wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. “I will not be a part of the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog to be held in Delhi as a protest,” he said.
NITI Aayog told KCR – decision unfortunate
In a letter to PM Modi, KCR said that there is no justification for attending the meeting of NITI Aayog to protest against the Center discriminating against states and not treating them as equal partners. To this, NITI Aayog replied that the decision of Telangana Chief Minister not to attend the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog is unfortunate. The commission said that the NITI Aayog team had met KCR in Hyderabad and discussed important issues of development of the state. Since then, the CM has not responded to the requests of the meeting from the NITI Aayog.
