PM Modi at NITI Aayong meet: Every Indian wants to see developed India by 2047
"We are moving in the right direction. We have defeated once in hundred years pandemic. Our people are full of enthusiasm and confidence," he said
Every Indian wants to see a developed India by 2047, and states can play an active role to achieve this as they are directly connected with the people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday (July 27).
The prime minister spoke at the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. The year 2047 will mark a century of India’s independence.
"Viksit Bharat @ 2047 is ambition of every Indian. States can play an active role to achieve this aim as they are directly connected with the people," NITI Aayog quoted Modi as saying.
"We are moving in the right direction. We have defeated once in hundred years pandemic. Our people are full of enthusiasm and confidence. We can fulfil our dreams of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 with combined effort of all States. Viksit States will make Viksit Bharat," he added.
NITI Aayog meet agenda
The meeting focuses on making India a developed nation by 2047.
It also 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 council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers."Reforms like #NEP, schemes like #Mudra, #PMVishwakarma, #PMSvanidhi, reforms in criminal justice system etc. should be utilised for bringing about transformational change in Indian society and economy," NITI Aayog said in another post on X quoting Modi.
The Prime Minister also said India is a youthful country. "It is a huge attraction for the entire world because of its workforce. We should aim to make our youth a skilled and employable workforce. Emphasis on skill, research, innovation and job-based knowledge is necessary for making Viksit Bharat @ 2024."
The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers. Prime Minister Modi is the chairman of NITI Aayog.
Chief ministers of the INDIA bloc, Stalin (DMK), Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI-M), Punjab's Bhagwant Mann (Aam Aadmi Party), Congress's Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), and Jharkhand's Hemant Soren (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha), skipped the NITI Aayog meeting.
Opposition parties have alleged that the states ruled by them have been ignored in the Union Budget presented recently in the Lok Sabha.
Meanwhile, Bihar was represented by deputy chief ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha at the meeting.
