Viksit Bharat 2047 Vision, PM Modi NITI Aayog Meeting: Amongst other things, Prime Minister Modi said each state should develop at least one tourist destination “at par with global standards and by providing all facilities and infrastructure”, according to NITI Aayog.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said there is a need to increase the speed of development, and if the Centre and states work together like a team, no goal is impossible.
Addressing the NITI Aayog Governing Council comprising Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of states and Union Territories, Modi 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.”
While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool Congress) and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (Congress) skipped the meeting held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, CMs of other Opposition-ruled states including MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu, Bhagwant Mann of Punjab, Omar Abdullah of Jammu and Kashmir, and Hemant Soren on Jharkhand attended the 10th Governing Council meeting.
Amongst other things, Prime Minister Modi said each state should develop at least one tourist destination “at par with global standards and by providing all facilities and infrastructure”, according to NITI Aayog. “One State: One Global Destination. It would also lead to development of the neighbouring cities as tourist places,” he said.
The previous Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog in July 2024 was boycotted by most Opposition CMs, except West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, in protest against what they called a “discriminatory” Union Budget presented days earlier. Banerjee, the lone Opposition attendee, had walked out mid-meeting, alleging she wasn’t given enough time to speak.
According to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release Friday, “The 10th Governing Council meeting provides a platform to the Centre and States/Union Territories to deliberate on development challenges facing the nation and building consensus on how States can be the building blocks for making India a developed nation, i.e., Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat.”