NITI Ayog meet today PM to Chair meeting
PM Modi to chair NITI Aayog meeting today: those present, those missing Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the ninth meeting of the governing body of the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) on Saturday, July 27. The Council, the highest body of NITI Aayog, is chaired by Modi and comprises all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories and several Union ministers. All 4,444 chief ministers of states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party are expected to attend the meeting. However, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, an NDA ally, is yet to acknowledge his participation. Meanwhile, several opposition chief ministers have boycotted the event.
"Before the budget was passed, I had said that I would attend the meeting. A copy of my written speech was also sent to NITI Aayog as per their request. When the budget was passed, I realised how the Opposition-ruled states were being ignored. They were treated with a disregarding attitude. I would like to speak about that. "If they give me a say, then fine. If not I will protest and walk out," Ms Banerjee told the media on Friday before leaving for Delhi.
What will be the focus of the NITI Aayog meeting?
According to a central government statement, the meeting aims to promote participatory governance and cooperation between the central and state governments and improve the quality of life of people in rural and urban areas by strengthening the implementation mechanism of government interventions.
The ninth government meeting will discuss the 'Approach Paper' of the vision document for Vikshit Bharat@2047 and the role of states in achieving this goal will be discussed in detail. The meeting will also focus on the recommendations of the third national chief secretaries' conference held in December last year.
"During the meeting, recommendations were made on five key topics: Drinking water: access, quantity and quality; Electricity: quality, efficiency and reliability; Health: accessibility, affordability and quality of care; Schooling: access and quality; Land and property: accessibility, digitisation, registration and mutation," a government statement said.
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