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Nation Chief Secretaries Conference

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IMPROVING TEAM INDIA SPIRIT

The government is committed to improving people's lives and strengthening India's
development path in order to create a developed India. It is for this reason that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, while presiding over the Second National Conference of Chief Secretaries held
in Delhi between January 5 and 7, emphasised a wide range of issues. Furthermore, the Prime
Minister emphasised the importance of collaboration between the state and the centre in
order to accelerate progress through better human resource management...

he Second National Conference of Chief conference emphasised both physical and social
Secretaries of States was held in New Delhi to infrastructure. The Aspirational Block Programme
Tstrengthen collaboration between the Central was introduced at the conference in light of the
and State Governments and to exchange ideas on success of the Aspirational District Programme
critical policy issues. In line with his habit of going across the nation.
beyond tokenism, the Prime Minister spent two days Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the
at the conference to guide the top bureaucracy and audience of the success achieved in various
bring them in better sync with people's aspirations in aspirational districts across the country and stated
new India. Officers from across the country imbibe that the aspirational district model should be scaled
the Prime Minister's thoughts and return to the field up to the block level through an aspirational block
with renewed vigour and energy. The first conference programme. He also asked the officials present in
of chief secretaries was held in Dharamshala on the meeting to implement the aspirational block
June 20, 2022. programme in their respective states.
The main focus of the conference was India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted
growing stature and the responsibilities that came India's major development achievements since the
with it. This conference provides a clear example of previous conference, including the country's G-20
governance based on public trust and service. The chairmanship, becoming the world's fifth largest

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