PM Modi chairs 8th governing council meeting of Niti Aayog; 8 CMs absent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the eighth governing council meeting of the Niti Aayog on SaturdayThemed on Viksit Bharat 2047 Role of Team India the meeting was held at the new Convention Centre in the national capitals Pragati MaidanAs 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 2047Chief 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 SinghChhattisgarh 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 meetingEight prominent themes will be discussed during the daylong Meeting including i Viksit Bharat2047 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 meetingThe Meeting will see the participation of Chief MinistersLt Governors of all States and Union Territories Union Ministers as exofficio Members and the Vice Chairman and Members of NITI Aayog it statedAs a preparatory prelude to the 8th Governing Council Meeting the second Chief Secretaries Conference was held in January 2023 where these themes were extensively discussedWideranging stakeholder consultations and brainstorming sessions with subject experts academia and practitioners were held prior to the Conference in order to gain wellrounded grassrootslevel perspectives it further saidThe NITI Aayog further said This 8th Governing Council Meeting is also being held in the backdrop of Indias G20 Presidency Indias 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 planetThis will be the guiding spirit of Indias inclusive and sustainable vision for the next quarter centuryIn order to achieve this vision the 8th Governing Council Meeting would provide a platform for strengthening CentreState cooperation and forging partnerships for achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat 2047Seven 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 todays meetingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever