Sitharaman to meet state finance ministers Fri-Sat on policy priorities
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NEW DELHI – The finance ministry will hold a conference on Friday and Saturday with finance ministers and finance secretaries of states and Union Territories to discuss financing challenges and policy priorities for the country's development journey. The conference, titled 'Financing India's Journey Towards Viksit Bharat', will look at policy complementarities between the Centre and states, the government said in a release.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be present in the meetings, along with several chief ministers and finance ministers of states, and senior officials, the release said. The keynote address at the inaugural session will be delivered by N.K. Singh, president and life trustee of the Institute of Economic Growth, it added.
The conference will have three thematic sessions covering macroeconomic overview, financing agricultural transformation and financing the energy transition, the release said. Participants have been given reference material on topics including private financing for Viksit Bharat, implications of GST 2.0 for states, and financing renewable energy and transmission assets, the release added.
During the meeting, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Secretary Saurabh Garg will discuss the importance of measuring growth outcomes in India's journey towards Viksit Bharat, the release said. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Secretary S. Krishnan will speak on the role of new-age technology in good governance, it added. End
Reported by Vivek Das
Edited by Himanshi Gupta
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