States Must Define Target To Make India $5 Trillion Economy: PM Modi
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi on Friday said that each state must recognise its strength, define its target and develop a roadmap to make India a $5 trillion economy. The Prime Minister was presiding over the first three-day National Conference of Chief Secretaries in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. The conference began on 15 June and concluded today.
“Every state should recognize its strengths, define its goals and develop a roadmap to achieve it. This is necessary for India to become a 5 trillion dollar economy. Urban areas will be important in future growth and employment generation. Therefore, urban local bodies must be strengthened, and urban planning should be done innovatively,” PM Modi said while chairing the third day of the national conference of chief secretaries today.
To attract investment in the country, PM Modi said that PM-Gatishakti should be implemented properly. He stressed the need to improve the use of technology in all government schemes and programs and to create interoperability of the datasets of the Center and the states.
“All new ideas and actionable points should be put forward, incubated and institutionalised,” the PM said, adding that the need of the hour is to showcase, improve and transform.
Appreciating the extensive sessions, the Prime Minister said that the deliberations were useful in preparing a roadmap for the sectors. He stressed that the Center and the states should work together as Team India. “Working points and new ideas discussed in the conference should be implemented without delay,” he said.
He also stressed the need to ensure “minimum government and maximum governance” for greater ease of living in India. He further said that criminalization of petty crimes should be taken up in mission mode.
He further spoke on the use of drones in the service industry, such as for the delivery of essential medicines or horticultural products, especially in mountainous areas, which will add more economic value to farmers and service providers.
Prime Minister Modi urged the members of the meeting that all the vacancies across state government departments must be filled. “The states must identify such vacancies under each sector and fill them,” he said.
On the last day of the conference, sessions were also held on improving access and quality of higher education through urban planning and urban finance and enhancing urban governance through urban planning and municipal finance also took place, where the PM Modi asserted that the states must try to integrate anganwadis with primary schools for achieving the goals of National Education Policy.
As per the participants of the conference, the conference has helped them get insightful suggestions and new ideas.
This collaborative exercise, between the Centre and the states, will be taken forward by firming up the roadmap for these three sectors through NITI Aayog’s Governing Council Meeting.
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