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--NITI Aayog CEO: Absolute solidarity among states for Operation Sindoor 
--CONTEXT: NITI Aayog CEO Subrahmanyam speaking post governing council meet 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM sought solidarity among states for Viksit Bharat goals 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM for increased states' effort to ease policy bottlenecks 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM batted for states to aid ease of doing business 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM batted for states to leverage FTAs, export goods 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM called for attention to growth of cities to drive econ 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM urged states to implement central govt schemes well 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM sought that states prepare short-term, long-term goals 
--NITI Aayog CEO: Current geopolitical situation bodes well for India 
--NITI Aayog CEO:Cheap labour may bring more more mfg opportunities for India 
--NITI Aayog CEO: May release report on Purvodaya Scheme by Jun 15 
--NITI Aayog CEO: PM mooted Cabinet secy-led panel to look into deregulation 

 

NEW DELHI – They key takeaway from NITI Aayog's 10th Governing Council meeting held here on Saturday was the push to states to develop a vision document, aligned with the central government's document announced last year, to lay down goals and reforms needed to meet the aim of Viksit Bharat by 2047. "Building a Viksit Bharat is a national mission and states are central to its realisation," according to the Centre's approach paper detailing the metrics and framework for state vision documents released Saturday. 

 

"In addition to powerful ideas across sectors, vision dociments must include implementation roadmaps with measurable outcomes and milestones for achieving them in the short-term(2030) and the long-term(2047)," NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said. According to the Centre's framework for states' vision document, states and Union territories must focus on maintaining fiscal balance, which is crucial for macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth. "Prudent management of public finances, rationalisation of expenditures, and mobilisation of resources through tax and non-tax measures can play a vital role in funding and financing the vision targets," it said. 

 

Prime Minister Modi, the chairman of NITI Aayog, along with members of the panel met representatives from 31 states and Union territories, making it one of the very few council meetings that saw such high participation from states. The chief ministers of some states could not be present due to health issues or prior engagements, and not because of political biases, Subrahmanyam said at a press briefing following the meeting.

 

At the meeting, chief ministers gave various suggestions for Viksit Bharat 2047 goals and discussed steps being taken in their states to share best practices that could help other states. Some of the key suggestions highlighted were in the fields of agriculture, education and skill development, entrepreneurship, drinking water, reducing compliances, governance, digitalisation, women empowerment, and cyber security. 

According to the approach paper, the guiding principles for states' vision document – Viksit Rajya 2047 – must include clear, time-bound objectives such as economic growth targets, demographic and social indicators, and sustainability outcomes. 

 

Subrahmanyam said chief ministers expressed "absolute solidarity" for Operation Sindoor and unanimously stood in support of Indian armed forces. Prime Minister Modi said that similar emotions and drive for economic changes by states would help India become a developed nation. Such zeal would lead to development at the grassroots level as Operation Sindoor – which was undertaken using domestically produced machinery – would inspire domestic manufacturing ecosystem, Modi told the Council. 

 

Modi said states should leverage foreign trade agreements and ramp up their manufacturing sector to produce export-worthy goods. He said global investors were hugely interested in India and so, states must use this opportunity and make it easy for investments. 

 

His comments on increasing scale in the manufacturing sector come at a time when US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs and make-in-America propaganda pose significant risks to India. Subrahmanyam said the current geopolitical situation, instead, bodes well for India as New Delhi continues to have cheaper labour, which will invite further manufacturing opportunities. 

 

On Friday, holding out a fresh tariff threat, Trump said he would impose at least 25% extra duty on electronic devices manufacturer Apple Inc. if the company begins manufacturing in India or any other country and sells those products in the US. This is the second time Trump has expressed displeasure over Apple manufacturing in India. Last week, during his visit to Qatar, he had spoken about asking Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to not expand capacity in India.
 

At Saturday's meeting, the prime minister also told states to increase efforts in easing policy bottlenecks so that investments could flow in easily and capacity expansion could happen more seamlessly. He told NITI Aayog to prepare an 'investment-friendly charter' to attract investments in states, a decision that was taken at last year's governing council meeting. 

 

NITI Aayog holds a meeting with states' chief secretaries around Oct-Nov and following such a meeting in 2024, the prime minister has proposed setting up a panel – led by Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and consisting of central and state officials – to look into deregulation, Subrahmanyam said. Deregulation would make doing business much easier, he added. 

 

The prime minister also told states to pay attention to the growth of cities as urban planning would drive growth. He told states to make cities the engine of sustainability and growth and urged them to focus on tier-II and tier-III cities. He also told states to develop at least one tourist destination of global standards and expectations, and said 25-30 such tourist destinations could be created across India.

 

For these urban infrastructure plans and general development of states, Modi told states to use centrally sponsored schemes effectively. 

 

Subrahmanyam said that the government's report on Purvodaya Scheme might be released by Jun. 15. Ramesh Chand, member of NITI Aayog, has been working with Purvodaya states – Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal - to strengthen the roadmap for regional development. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the scheme in the Budget for 2024-25 (Apr-Mar) for the all-round development of five states in the eastern region. The Centre would focus on capturing the rich cultural traditions to transform the region into economic hubs in a bid to hasten the government's aim of Viksit Bharat, Sitharaman had said.  End

 

Reported by Priyasmita Dutta

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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