PM Modi to Chair NITI Aayog Meeting: Focus on 'Viksit Bharat' Vision for 2047

PM Modi to chair NITI Aayog meeting today: Who is attending, who's skipping

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)'s ninth governing council meeting on Saturday, July 27. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, and several union ministers, while Modi is the chairman. Chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states are set to attend the meeting. However, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, an NDA ally, has not confirmed his attendance yet. Meanwhile, several chief ministers belonging to the opposition parties have boycotted the event. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will also be attending the meeting. However, she plans to raise her voice against the Centre's "step-motherly attitude" towards opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget 2024-25 during the meeting. "Before the budget, I said I would attend the meeting. A copy of my written speech was also sent to NITI Aayog as per their requirement. When the budget was placed, I found how states ruled by opposition parties had been neglected. They had been shown a stepmotherly attitude. I want to speak about this. If they allow me to speak, it's fine. If they don't, I will protest and leave," Banerjee told the media on Friday before leaving for Delhi. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren According to a statement by the Centre, the meeting aims to foster participative governance and collaboration between the Centre and state governments, enhancing the quality of life for both rural and urban populations by strengthening the delivery mechanisms of government interventions. The ninth governing meeting will discuss the 'Approach Paper' for the vision document on Viksit Bharat @2047and hold detailed deliberations on the role of states in achieving this goal. The meeting will also focus on the recommendations of the third National Conference of chief secretaries, which was held in December last year. "During the conference, recommendations were made on five key themes: drinking water: access, quantity, and quality; electricity: quality, efficiency, and reliability; health: accessibility, affordability, and quality of care; schooling: access and quality; and land and property: accessibility, digitization, registration, and mutation," the government statement said. Additionally, special sessions were also held to deliberate on cyber security, aspirational districts and blocks programme, the role of states, and AI in governance - which were also discussed during the National Conference of chief secretaries.

PM Modi to chair governing council meeting of NITI Aayog today, focus on 'Viksit Bharat @2047'

This meeting is timely as India advances towards becoming the world's third-largest economy, with its GDP projected to exceed $5 trillion and target $30 trillion by 2047. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lead the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, as announced by the government think tank on Friday. The meeting, themed "Viksit Bharat@2047," will focus on India's trajectory towards becoming a developed nation by 2047. A major agenda item includes discussing the Approach Paper for the Vision Document on Viksit Bharat @2047. The goal of the meeting is to promote participative governance and enhance collaboration between the Centre and State Governments. The aim is to improve the quality of life for both rural and urban populations by refining the delivery mechanisms of government interventions. A significant portion of the discussion will center on the contributions of individual states towards achieving the Viksit Bharat @2047 vision. This meeting is timely as India advances towards becoming the world's third-largest economy, with its GDP projected to exceed $5 trillion and target $30 trillion by 2047. Additionally, the meeting will review recommendations from the 3rd National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in December 2023. Special sessions will cover topics such as cybersecurity, the aspirational districts and blocks program, and the role of AI in governance. The Prime Minister, serving as the Chairperson of NITI Aayog, will be joined by Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of States and Union Territories, Union Ministers as Ex-officio Members and Special Invitees, and the Vice Chairman and Members of NITI Aayog.