NITI Aayog team coming to city to discuss development projects
LUCKNOW: A high-level NITI Aayog delegation, led by its vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, will visit Lucknow on May 10 to discuss various projects aimed at fast-tracking the all-round progress of UP. The 25-member team will include seven secretaries representing various ministries in the central government and 13 senior officers of the additional secretary rank, besides NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chandra and chief executive officer Amitabh Kant.
LUCKNOW: A high-level NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog delegation, led by its vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, will visit Lucknow on May 10 to discuss various projects aimed at fasttracking the all-round progress of UP.
The 25-member team will include seven secretaries representing various ministries in the central government and 13 senior officers of the additional secretary rank, besides NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chandra and chief executive officer Amitabh Kant.
Siddharth Nath Singh, cabinet minister and spokesperson of the state government, disclosed this at a press conference on Saturday.
“The delegation’s visit stems from the joint desire of PM Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath to transform Uttar Pradesh into one of the most industrially developed states in the country with the best social indicators,” he said.
The delegation will conduct detailed deliberations through presentations with the chief minister and his team on a seven-point agenda concerning agriculture, ease of doing business, health outcomes, nutrition, rural development, water and sanitation, and education.
“The change of regime in UP has heralded a new era of transformation, development and empowerment of the poor. The state and the central governments are working in tandem to take UP to new heights,” the minister said.
Asked how the chief minister plans to fund welfare schemes when the state coffers – as he himself admitted – are empty, Singh said the government will make at least ₹60,000 crore in additional revenue on an annual basis by plugging leaks in the system.