Ten states and UTs were absent from Niti Aayog’s 9th governing council meeting, which was chaired by PM Modi Saturday. “We had 10 absentees. We had 26 participants. All states and UTs put together it is 36 and minus the absentees it is 26,” Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said.
He said Kerala had informed 10-12 days ago that it would not be present. Bihar had an assembly session which stretched in to late evening and that is why the CM could not arrive for the meeting.The other absentees were Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. “At the last minute we had Jharkhand and Puducherry drop out,” said Subrahmanyam. “This is a forum where Centre and states meet and talk. We are there to listen,” he added.
Subrahmanyam said a number of states have moved forward in preparing vision documents. They include Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam and Bihar.
“Viksit Bharat is what the PM has been emphasising since Independence Day 2022. From the ramparts of the Red Fort he had said we should start preparing for a Viksit Bharat by 2047,” said the Niti Aayog CEO. He said an approach paper on ‘Vision for Viksit Bharat’ at 2047 was circulated in the meeting giving justification why a Viksit Bharat plan is needed and why this is the opportune moment.
Ramesh Chand, member Niti Aayog, said the PM discussed at length how to attract FDI. He spoke based on his own experience in Gujarat. He nudged the states on how they should attract FDI. The PM also talked about ease of doing business, governance, and repeal of unnecessary laws which may act as a roadblock for FDI.
He said Kerala had informed 10-12 days ago that it would not be present. Bihar had an assembly session which stretched in to late evening and that is why the CM could not arrive for the meeting.The other absentees were Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. “At the last minute we had Jharkhand and Puducherry drop out,” said Subrahmanyam. “This is a forum where Centre and states meet and talk. We are there to listen,” he added.
Subrahmanyam said a number of states have moved forward in preparing vision documents. They include Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam and Bihar.
“Viksit Bharat is what the PM has been emphasising since Independence Day 2022. From the ramparts of the Red Fort he had said we should start preparing for a Viksit Bharat by 2047,” said the Niti Aayog CEO. He said an approach paper on ‘Vision for Viksit Bharat’ at 2047 was circulated in the meeting giving justification why a Viksit Bharat plan is needed and why this is the opportune moment.
Ramesh Chand, member Niti Aayog, said the PM discussed at length how to attract FDI. He spoke based on his own experience in Gujarat. He nudged the states on how they should attract FDI. The PM also talked about ease of doing business, governance, and repeal of unnecessary laws which may act as a roadblock for FDI.