No goal is impossible: PM to States, UTs

 

 

 

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the States and Union Territories to remove policy bottlenecks to encourage investment and generate employment as he stressed that if the Union Government and States work together like Team India, no goal is impossible. Briefing reporters about the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said that everyone present at the meeting unanimously supported Operation Sindoor, undertaken by India to destroy terror infrastructure in Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi, he said, also urged the states to focus on agriculture, education and healthcare. The Prime Minister said that the 10-year journey of NITI Aayog was “to prepare the nation to achieve the goal of Vikshit Bharat”. The theme of the Governing Council meeting was ‘Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047’.

 

The meeting was attended by 31 States and Union Territories of a total of 36, Subrahmanyam said, adding those who could not make it had prior commitments and informed the Council. The States which did not attend the meeting were Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar and Puducherry, he said, adding the 10th meeting of the Council saw maximum attendance.

 

“We have to increase the speed of development. If the Centre and all the States come together and work together like Team India, no goal is impossible,” NITI Aayog said in a post on X, quoting the Prime Minister as saying. India becomes world’s fourth largest economy, says NITI Aayog CEO: India has become the fourth largest economy in the world, overtaking Japan, NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam said. Briefing reporters after the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, Subrahmanyam said overall geopolitical and economic environment is favourable to India. “We are the fourth largest economy as I speak. We are a USD 4 trillion economy as I speak,” he said. Citing IMF data, Subrahmanyam said India today is larger than Japan.