If Centre, states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible: PM Modi
NEW DELHI, MAY 24 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exhorted states to develop at least one tourist destination at par with global standards by providing all facilities and infrastructure.
‘One State, One Global Destination’, would lead to development of the neighbouring cities as tourist places, he added.
Chairing the 10th edition of the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting, the Prime Minister asserted that if the Union government and states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible to achieve. He also pressed upon the need to increase the pace of development.
Quoting the Prime Minister the government in a statement said, “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.”
The theme of this edition of the Governing Council meeting was ‘Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047’.
“Viksit Bharat is the goal of every Indian. When every state is Viksit, then Bharat will be Viksit. This is the aspiration of its 140 crore citizens,” Modi said, adding that India is getting rapidly urbanised.
He went on to assert: “We should work towards future ready cities. Growth, innovation and sustainability should be the engine for the development of our cities.”
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Noting that India collectively should work in a manner so that policies implemented bring change in the lives of common people, the Prime Minister said, “We must work towards inclusion of women in our work force. We must make laws, policies so that they can be respectfully integrated in the workforce.”
Modi said, “Only when people feel the change, it strengthens the change and transforms the change into a movement. We have a great opportunity as a team to fulfill the aspirations of 140 crore people.”
The Prime Minister further said, “We should focus on one goal, to make Bharat Viksit by 2047. We should have the aim of making each State Viksit, each city Viksit, each Nagar Palika Viksit and each village Viksit. If we work on these lines, we will not have to wait till 2047 to become Viksit Bharat.”
The Governing Council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers. Prime Minister Modi is the chairman of Niti Aayog.
The Prime Minister held the first meeting with chief ministers of all states and lieutenant governors of Union Territories after Operation Sindoor.
-PTI
