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  • Modi chairs 8th governing council meeting of Niti Aayog, 8 chief mins absent

    Modi chairs 8th governing council meeting of Niti Aayog, 8 chief mins absent

    NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the eighth governing council meeting of the Niti Aayog. Themed on ‘Viksit Bharat @2047: Role of Team India’, the meeting was held at the new Convention Centre in the national capital’s Pragati Maidan.

    As the chairman of NITI Aayog, PM Modi presided over the meeting, which deliberated on issues related to health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047.

    Chief Ministers of several States participated in the council meeting that was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde were seen at the meeting.

    “Eight prominent themes will be discussed during the day-long Meeting including (i) Viksit Bharat@2047, (ii) Thrust on MSMEs, (iii) Infrastructure and Investments, (iv) Minimising Compliances, (v) Women Empowerment, (vi) Health and Nutrition, (vii) Skill Development, and (viii) Gati Shakti for area development and social infrastructure,” the NITI Aayog stated ahead of the meeting.

    “The Meeting will see the participation of Chief Ministers/Lt Governors of all States and Union Territories, Union Ministers as ex-officio Members, and the Vice Chairman and Members of NITI Aayog”, it stated. As a preparatory prelude to the 8th Governing Council Meeting, the second Chief Secretaries Conference was held in January 2023, where these themes were extensively discussed. “Wide-ranging stakeholder consultations and brainstorming sessions with subject experts, academia and practitioners were held prior to the Conference in order to gain well-rounded grassroots-level perspectives,” it further said.

    The NITI Aayog further said, “This 8th Governing Council Meeting is also being held in the backdrop of India’s G20 Presidency. India’s G20 motto ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ conveys its civilisational values and its vision of the role of each country in creating the future of our planet.” This will be the guiding spirit of India’s inclusive and sustainable vision for the next quarter century.

    In order to achieve this vision, the 8th Governing Council Meeting would provide a platform for strengthening Centre-State cooperation and forging partnerships for achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat @2047.

    Seven Chief ministers- Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi, Bhagwant Mann of Punjab, Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, K Chandrashekar Rao of Telangana, Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan, Nitish Kumar of Bihar and Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala did not attend the meeting of the Niti Aayog. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who is on a visit to Japan and Singapore, was also not present at today’s meeting.

  • New externally aided projects presented to the Center

    New externally aided projects presented to the Center

    NEW DELHI : Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has pitched new externally aided projects under regional connectivity with NITI Aayog, stressing that it should support the state.
    The CM told NITI Aayog that a number of externally aided projects with foreign countries are in different stages of implementation in the state.
    More such projects should come to the hill state with the help of NITI Aayog, he added.
    The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative is a sub-regional architecture of countries in Eastern South Asia, a sub-region of South Asia. It meets through official representation of member states to formulate, implement and review quadrilateral agreements across areas such as water resources management, connectivity of power, transport, and infrastructure.
    Northeastern states including Meghalaya have been engaging with the central government to take up with the neighbouring countries to facilitate economic activities and people-to-people contact across the borders. He gave example of initiatives such as the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal.
    The detailed presentation also mentioned Hilli-Mahendraganj road and Phulkari bridge in Garo Hills.
    Garo Hills has a second railway connection in addition to the Mendipathar- Dudhnoi railway line through Balurghat-Hili (West Bengal) to Mahendraganj-Tura (Meghalaya) through Gaibandha in Bangladesh.
    The milestone railway track will be constructed to connect the two states through the neighbouring country at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore. Once completed, it will be an important project for South Dinajpur (West Bengal) and Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
    The 19 km Dhubri – Phulbari Bridge is an under-construction bridge over the Brahmaputra river between Assam and Meghalaya. It is to be completed by 2026–27. This bridge, close to the Bangladesh border, will connect Dhubri with Phulbari and will fill in a missing link of National Highway 127B, connecting Dhubri by road to Tura, Nongstoin, and other towns in western and central Meghalaya.
    The CM also held detailed discussions on the border trade between Meghalaya and neighbouirng Bangladesh, especially in Dalu and Dawki. Connected by the National Highway (NH) 44 (extension) and NH 40 (erstwhile Shillong Sylhet Road), Dawki is used for export of major items like coal, limestone, rawhide, boulder stone, food items, plastic furniture, geotextile sheets, tissue paper, laundry soap, PVC door and fire clay brick to Bangladesh.
    Through the presentation, Sangma gave details of the 300 million growth corridor project already supported by NITI Aayog in the state. He reiterated that the Aayog should support new external aided projects for the state.