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During the NITI Aayog meeting, PM Modi urged the Centre and all states to work together like a team to achieve the goal of a developed India.
PM Modi with Chief Ministers of different states at the NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened the NITI Aayog meeting at New Delhi on Saturday, where he pushed for cooperative federalism, tourism development, and sustainable urban planning in achieving the goal of a developed India.
This was the first major meeting of the Prime Minister with the chief ministers of states and lieutenant governors of Union Territories after India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan.
During the meeting, PM Modi asserted that a developed India was every Indian’s dream and this goal could only be achieved when every state is developed. He laid emphasis on accelerating the pace of development in all states.
PM Modi said if the Centre and all states work together like a team, no goal would be impossible. He further said every state should develop at least one tourist destination of global standards, with all facilities and infrastructure available.
He also told all Chief Ministers present at the meeting about the need to create future-ready cities, stressing that the development of Indian cities should be driven by innovation and sustainability.
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana – N Chandrababu Naidu, MK Stalin and A Revanth Reddy, attended the meeting and put forth their views before the council on respective issues. However, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah and Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan gave the Governing Council meeting a skip.
NITI Aayog’s 10th Governing Council meeting, chaired by PM Modi, has the theme ‘Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047’. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state CMs, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers. Prime Minister Modi is the chairman of NITI Aayog.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday sought the Centre to enhance the state’s share in central taxes to 50 per cent and also underscored the necessity for a dedicated urban transformation mission in the state. “We currently receive only 33.16% against the promised 41,” he said on X.
N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday proposed forming three sub-groups on GDP growth, population management and leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI). These sub-groups of states formed in collaboration with the Centre should work towards fast-tracking Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, he said.
(with agency inputs)
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