India
Modi will take stock of the action on the decisions of the earlier two meetings of the NITI Aayog.
Updated : Apr 23, 2017, 12:02 PM IST
The third meeting of Niti Aayog's Governing Council began on Sunday with the main agenda of deliberating on the 15-year Vision Document to accelerate the country's economic development.
The day-long meeting of the Council is being held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya will make a presentation on roadmap for rapid transformation of India by outlining key aspects of the document, comprising a seven-year strategy paper and a three-year action plan, an official statement had said yesterday.
abinet Ministers, State CMs, officials, members of @NITIAayog & special invitees are attending the @NITIAayog Governing Council meeting. pic.twitter.com/tMw2lxhiRC
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PM @narendramodi is chairing the 3rd Governing Council Meet of the @NITIAayog in New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/ynYWTiIwzc
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will talk about the strategy for doubling farmers' income.
The Council, which includes all Chief Ministers, Niti Aayog's members and special invitees, will also discuss the progress made towards the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1.
"During the meeting, action taken on decisions of the earlier two meetings of the Governing Council held on February 8, 2015 and July 15, 2015 respectively will be discussed in detail," the statement had said.
The first meeting of the Governing Council had laid down the key mandates of NITI Aayog like fostering cooperative federalism by addressing national issues through mutual cooperation between the Centre and States and monitoring important central schemes.
The second meeting had outlined the substantial progress made by the three Sub-Groups of Chief Ministers and the two Task Forces one on elimination of poverty and other on agriculture development.