Page 38 - NIS English september 01-15, 2022

Nation 7th meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog

COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM AND COLLECTIVE

EFFORT DRIVING DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

The collaboration of the centre and the states in moving forward in a specific direction is
the foundation of any country's progress. In the COVID period, the country and the world
saw an example of this. Central government promoted development by making the federal
structure meaningful and competitive all the way down to the district level. India's progress
is being accelerated by cooperative federalism and collective effort. At the NITI Aayog
Governing Council meeting on August 7th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised
the importance of promoting 3T-trade, tourism, and technology-in order to move this
development journey forward.

ndia is not just Delhi – it includes every state and other things, crop diversification, oilseed and
union territory in the country. It is as a result of pulse production, and achieving self-sufficiency
Ithis cooperative federalist thinking that India has in agricultural communities; National Policy on
been able to respond quickly to a dreadful pandemic Education - Implementation of School Education;
like COVID and set an example of centre-state National Policy on Education - Implementation of
coordination. Now that India is celebrating 75 years Higher Education; and Urban Governance.
of independence, the states must be agile, resilient, Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister
and self-sufficient as they strive for "Atmanirbhar Narendra Modi today described the collective
Bharat" in the spirit of cooperative federalism. The efforts of all the states made in the spirit of
seventh meeting of the Governing Council of NITI cooperative federalism as the strength that helped
Aayog was held on August 7, 2022, with the goal of India overcome the COVID pandemic. He said every
building an inclusive India. state played an important role based on its strength
This meeting's agenda included, among and contributed to India's fight against COVID. It

36 New India Samachar September 1-15, 2022