New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the ninth governing council meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre on Saturday to discuss various development issues and policy matters, including making India a developed nation by 2047.
This year’s theme was ‘Viksit Bharat@2047’, with a central focus on making India a developed nation.
The 9th Governing Council Meeting aims to create a roadmap for this vision, fostering teamwork between the Centre and the States as ‘Team India’.
As per sources, the chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states gave the presentation in front of PM Modi, highlighting the key achievements of their governments in the respective states.
Meanwhile, several opposition chief ministers, including Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Kerala Chief Minister and CPI (M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, and all three Congress chief ministers, Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh’s Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, and Telangana’s Revanth Reddy, boycotted the key meeting of the NITI Aayog.
The only opposition CM who attended the meeting was West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Governing Council Meeting also discussed the approach paper for the vision document on Viksit Bharat in 2047.
The meeting aims to foster participative governance and collaboration between the central and state governments to enhance the quality of life for rural and urban populations by strengthening delivery mechanisms.
The meeting also saw detailed deliberations on states’ roles in achieving the Viksit Bharat goal in 2047. India is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy, with GDP crossing US$5 trillion and aspirations to reach a US$30 trillion economy by 2047.
During the meeting, special sessions were also held to deliberate on cyber security, the Aspirational Districts and Blocks Programme, the role of states, and AI in governance, which were also discussed during the 3rd National Conference of Chief Secretaries.
The meeting also focuses on the recommendations of the third National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in December last year.
The council, with the prime minister as chairperson, comprises all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers.
