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NITI Aayog Meeting Nation

Collective efforts will make the dream

of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 come true

India was the 10th largest economy in the world in 2014, which became the 5th largest
economy in 2024. India has maintained a fast pace of development in the last ten
years and now the collective goal of all citizens along with the government is to make
it the third largest economy in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 9th
Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog at the Cultural Center in Rashtrapati Bhavan,
New Delhi on July 27, 2024. He emphasized the cooperation and collective efforts of all
the states and the Center to realize the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047….

ndia has made great progress in the last ten make a vision for 2047 so that a Viksit Bharat can
years by strengthening social and economic be realized in 2047.
Iinfrastructure. Earlier India was mainly dependent During the event, Prime Minister Modi also
on imports, but now exports many products to the praised the Aspirational Districts Program run by
world. The country has made its mark on the world NITI Aayog. He said that continuous and online
stage in a wide range of areas such as defense, monitoring was essential for its success, which led
space, start-ups, and sports. This is a decade of to healthy competition among districts to improve
change that has brought a lot of opportunities performance in various government schemes.
in various fields. Addressing the meeting, Prime Emphasis is being laid on skills and training to
Minister Narendra Modi encouraged the states to prepare the youth for employment as the world is
use these opportunities and formulate policies and looking towards India for skilled human resources.
governance programs conducive to development Addressing the 9th Governing Council meeting
through innovative approaches in policy-making of NITI Aayog, PM Modi also encouraged the states
and implementation. He said that the vision of a to provide an investor-friendly environment. He
Viksit Bharat can be realized through developed directed NITI Aayog to prepare an 'investment-
states and the aspiration of a Viksit Bharat must friendly charter' of parameters which will
reach the grassroots level i.e. every district, block, include policies, programs, and processes to be
and village. For this, every state and district must implemented to attract investments. States can

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