No goal impossible if Centre, States work together like ‘Team India': PM Modi at NITI Aayog meeting
The theme of the 10th Governing Council meeting was 'Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047' with Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of most States and Union Territories alongside Union Ministers in attendance. Reiterating the theme, Mr. Modi emphasised, 'If the Centre and all the States come together and work together like Team India, no goal is impossible.' Delving on the aspect of sharing the tax pool, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin asked the Centre to give a 'rightful' 50 percent share to States in central taxes. He noted that the States currently receive just 33.16% from the Central tax pool, against the promised 41%. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also called for a dedicated urban transformation mission along the lines of AMRUT 2.0. He argued the same was necessitated because Tamil Nadu is India's most urbanised State. In fact, on the aspect of urbanisation itself, earlier in the meeting Mr. Modi too had adked State governments to carve cities into 'engine of sustainability and growth'. He urged them to focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
The other major point of discussion was on disputes relating to sharing of water among States. Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann cited the then Union Govt's Irrigation Commission report of 1972 that held post-1966 Punjab fell within the Yamuna River Basin. Thus, he argued, that if Haryana exercised claim over the waters of Ravi and Beas, Punjab should also have an equal claim on the water of the Yamuna. Furthermore, a government release informed that Prime Minister Modi also emphasised modernising the approach towards civil preparedness. Stated in the context of 'Operation Sindoor', Mr. Modi held that it must not be treated as a 'one-off initiative' and a 'long-term approach' must be adopted.
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