NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting Chaired by PM Narendra Modi Begins With Aim To Make India Developed Nation by 2047 (Watch Video)
NITI Aayog's eighth Governing Council meeting, which will deliberate on several issues including, health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047, began here on Saturday.
New Delhi, May 27: NITI Aayog's eighth Governing Council meeting, which will deliberate on several issues including, health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047, began here on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the meeting. The Council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories and several Union ministers. The prime minister is the Chairman of NITI Aayog. SBI, PNB on Niti Aayog List of Public Sector Banks To Be Privatised? Government Debunks Fake News Reports About Bank Privatisation.
Watch Video: NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting Begins
Union ministers Amit Shah, Niramala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh are attending the meeting, among others. Mamata Banerjee Decides Not to Attend Niti Aayog Meeting on May 27 After Meeting With Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann.
West Bengal, Punjab and Delhi chief ministers are boycotting the meeting. Generally, the full council meeting happens every year and last year, it was held under the chairmanship of Modi on August 7.
The council meeting was not convened in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first meeting of the council took place on February 8, 2015.