Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog today at Rashtrapati Bhavan, keeping up the spirit of new motto of Modi 2.0 Government - "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwaas".
The Vice Chairman, Members, CEO and senior officers of the NITI Aayog will take part in the proceedings of the Governing Council meeting .
The meeting will be attended by following Council of Ministers as ex-officio members:
- Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Defence
- Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs
- Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
The special invitees to the meeting of Governing Council will be:
| Nitin Gadkari | Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, and MSME |
| Thawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industry |
| Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Planning |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
| Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Ajit Doval | National Security Adviser |
Agenda
The NITI Aayog Governing Council reviews the action taken on the agenda of the previous meeting and deliberates upon the future priorities and issues. The agenda of this Fifth Meeting of the Governing Council would be:
• Rain-Water Harvesting
• Drought Situation
• Achievements and Challenges of Aspirational Districts Programme
• Structural Reforms on Transforming Agriculture with special emphasis on: Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act & Essential Commodities Act (ECA)
• Security related issues with specific focus on LWE Districts
NITI Aayog Governing Council & its meeting
The Governing Council is the central body tasked to engage with States in shaping their development narrative and evolve a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies. The Governing Council of NITI Aayog is comprised of:
• Prime Minister
• Chief Ministers & Lt. Governors of all the States and Union Territories
• Other special invitees
The Governing Council is a platform to discuss inter-sectoral, inter-departmental and federal issues to accelerate the implementation of the national development agenda in the spirit of "Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat".
Previous Governing Council Meetings
So far, four meetings of the Governing Council have been held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Modi. The First Meeting was held on February 8, 2015 which saw laying down of the key mandates of NITI Aayog such as fostering cooperative federalism and addressing national issues.
The Second Meeting took place on July 15, 2015, Third Meeting was held on April 23, 2017 and the Fourth was held on June 17, 2018.
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