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Bring back Planning Commission, says Mamata Banerjee; slams 'powerless' NITI Aayog
A day ahead of the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday called for the scrapping of the “powerless” body that exists “just for meetings” and bring back the erstwhile Planning Commission.
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PM doing petty politics even while paying tribute to Kargil martyrs, trying to evade responsibility: Congress
Congress on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the controversial 'Agnipath' scheme, saying he is indulging in 'petty politics' even on the occasion of paying tributes to Kargil martyrs.
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Maharashtra cabinet expansion may take place next week: Shiv Sena leader Shirsat
The expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet may take place next week, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat said on Friday, and asserted his party should get more ministerial berths owing to the sacrifices made by its MLAs while forming the Eknath Shinde-led dispensation in 2022.
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The budget presented by the Union Finance Minister seems like a vengeful act against the states and people who boycotted the BJP: M K Stalin
Ministers including Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Andhra CM Chandrababu Nadu, and Odisha CM Mohan Majhi arrive in Delhi for NITI Aayog meeting.
This is not only irresponsible but the opposition’s behaviour is undemocratic: BJP leader CR Kesavan
In the meeting of NITI Aayog today, there will also be a discussion on the development of Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde
Rajasthan and Maharashtra CMs arrive at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi to attend the NITI Aayog meet
Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend the NITI Aayog meeting.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend the NITI Aayog meet.
Tamil Nadu: DMK party workers stage a protest in Chennai against the Centre over the Union Budget 2024.
States will get what they rightly deserve. The NITI Aayog will decide the matter: Union Minister of state for Coal and Mines Satish Chandra Dubey
NITI Aayog isn’t able to maintain balance in the development of the country: Sanjay Raut
Congress is there for doing appeasement politics only: Bihar Minister Nitin Nabin
What is NITI Aayog? What power does it hold? What’s the problem with planning commission? asks RJD's Manoj Sinha
Southern states, especially Tamil Nadu, are constantly being neglected by the Modi government: Tamil Nadu: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran
The decision that Mamata Banerjee has taken is the right decision. Those who have decided to not come will regret it later: JD(U) leader Rajeev Ranjan
Congress and INDIA bloc are becoming expert in boycotting: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Bharat will ensure Opposition’s mission to weaken the Indian Army by spreading lies on Agnipath scheme is defeated: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chandrababu Naidu was given 20 minutes to speak, CMs of Assam, Goa, Chhattisgarh spoke for 10-12 minutes. I was stopped from speaking after just five minutes: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar skips Niti Aayog meeting
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not attend the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, officials said.
The state was represented at the meeting by deputy chief ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, they said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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The cause for Kumar's absence from the crucial meeting could not be known immediately.
"This is not the first time that the CM is not attending the Nitish Aayog meeting. The CM did not attend the meeting earlier as well, and Bihar was represented by the then deputy CM. This time also both the Dy CMs went to attend the meeting," JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told PTI.
"Besides, there are four Union ministers from Bihar who are members of the Aayog and they will be present in the meeting. There is nothing to say on this," he added.
The ninth governing council meeting of the Aayog discussed the 'Vikshit Bharat@2047' document with an aim to make India a developed nation.
The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all CMs, Lt Governors of Union territories and several Union ministers. PM Modi is the chairman of Niti Aayog.
BJP is against Dalits, backward classes, tribals, minorities, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and if this OBC reservation bill has come and BJP's intention is clear, then they should pass the bill: AAP's Sanjay Singh
Will cancel Agnipath scheme 'as soon as we come to power': Akhilesh Yadav
To make India a developed nation, Modi ji gave the slogan of 'Amritkaal'. When you set a goal...to achieve it we have to decide a pathway
What are the policy decisions that NITI Aayog can take when there is Parliament? The CMs have a point: CPI leader D Raja
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves from TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Delhi residence for airport.
Here's what Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Bengal CM boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting this noon.
Viksit Bharat@2047 ambition of every Indian, states can play active role to achieve this aim: PM Modi at NITI Aayog Governing Council meet
In this Budget, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were mentioned because of which they (opposition) were trying to create a false narrative but they were unsuccessful: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
Considering the kind of misbehaviour that happened with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ji, it seems that not attending the meeting was the right decision: Former Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Rawat
Every CM was given their due time to speak...It's unfortunate that the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has claimed that her mic was switched off which is not true: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
I and the Congress party have been saying continuously that it (BJP) is the government of 3C 'Crime, Karz, and Corruption: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari
They use the ED and CBI and send the leaders of the opposition party to the jail...So the statement of Mamata Banerjee is correct: AAP leader Sanjay Singh
NITI Aayog tweets about 'Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors' attending meet as PM Modi lays out 'Viksit Bharat @ 2047' vision
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has left from TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Delhi residence for airport as she heads back to West Bengal after NITI Aayog fiasco
AAP MLA says Arvind Kejriwal's sugar has dropped below 50 over 36 times in prison. I.N.D.I.A. bloc parties to protest at Jantar Mantar on July 30
'When Mamata Banerjee comes to Delhi she becomes a saint but her party is devil in Bengal...': Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Operative federalism takes a hit again today: TMC leader Shashi Panja
NITI Aayog is working only at the behest of BJP: TMC national spokesperson Shantanu Sen
When Mamata Banerjee was asking a valid question her mike was switched off. If you invite someone and insult them like that who will stay?: JMM leader Supriyo Bhattacharya
BJP national president JP Nadda, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya arrive at party headquarters in New Delhi.
I have no problem if Centre allocates more funds to some states, but it cannot discriminate against Bengal: Mamata Banerjee after reaching Kolkata
"I don't have a problem if they allocate more funds to some states... I told them that the Centre only gives instructions and it is the job of states to do the work at the ground. You only gave instructions during the Covid-19 crisis, and it were the states who handled everything. I told them that they have withheld Rs 1.72 lakh crore of our fund, and this amount will only increase this year," said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after arriving in Kolkata.
Mamata goes to Delhi only to do politics: BJP leader
"PIB has also done a fact check and presented the evidence of what happened there. She was given a slot according to her but she had to do some drama there. TMC politics is full of drama. She just wanted to show that she was against the Central Govt...She goes to Delhi only to do politics but nothing for the people...She did acting according to the script. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also knew that Mamata Banerjee means full of drama...She had already said yesterday that if anything happens like this in the meeting, she would leave..." said BJP leader Locket Chatterjee.
BJP leaders are still arriving at Delhi HQ for party leaders' meet
PM Modi felicitated by Union Minister and BJP chief JP Nadda at party headquarters in New Delhi before prime minsters meeting with ONLY BJP's CMs, Dy-CMs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held deliberations with chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled states over a host of issues.
The "mukhyamantri parishad" organised by the BJP at regular intervals is aimed at reviewing key schemes in states, following the best governance practices and the delivery of central government welfare initiatives.
Besides Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah and J P Nadda, who is also the party president, chief ministers Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Bhajanlal Sharma (Rajasthan) and Mohan Charan Majhi (Odisha) were among the leaders who attended the first day of the two-day meeting here. (PTI)
If states do not participate in governing council meeting, it is their loss: NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam
PM calls for setting up target of zero poverty starting from villages: NITI Aayog CEO
Every CM is allotted seven minutes. She (Mamata Banerjee) said that ‘I would have liked to speak for more time but I’ll speak no more’: NITI Aayog CEO
This was an opportunity for him (CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu) to speak in favour of Himachal and surely we would have got something: HP Assembly LoP and BJP leader Jairam Thakur
NITI Aayog CEO clarifies PM Modi's 'Aspirational District Programme'
“The good news is that over the last year, a lot of states have moved ahead in preparing vision documents. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu have one. In the pipeline we have Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam and a couple of other states lining up to make vision documents. I think he (PM Modi) made it very clear why the Aspirational District Programme succeed. It succeeds because it is clear, monitorable, fixed targets. If you have fixed targets, you know whether you are on line or not,” says NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam.
Mamata using false allegations to fulfil her political ambitions: Union Minister Shekhawat
"Meeting protocol dictates that all the Chief Ministers address alphabetically and West Bengal comes last. She expressed her wish to speak before her turn as she needed to leave early, so she was given an opportunity to speak at number seven. She spoke and no one switched off her mike. If she wanted, she could have spoken more. She is putting these false allegations to fulfil her political ambitions,” says Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel announces formation of Gujarat State Institution for Transformation (GRIT) on the lines of NITI Aayog for his state
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel reaffirmed Gujarat's commitment to realising the Prime Minister’s vision of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. In this context, CM introduced the 'Gujarat@2047 Dynamic Document-Roadmap,' aimed at realising the goal of 'Viksit Gujarat' for a 'Viksit Bharat.' The roadmap, built on two pillars of 'Earning Well' and 'Living Well,' aims to enhance people's quality of life and bring economic prosperity. CM also announced the formation of a think tank, Gujarat State Institution for Transformation (GRIT), on the lines of NITI Aayog, to systematically achieve these goals: CMO.
Glimpses from NITI Aayog meet
More than 50 of our soldiers were killed by terrorists from across the border. Even today we have lost a soldier at the LoC. Why isn't the BJP taking name of Pakistan now?: Asaduddin Owaisi
Collective efforts of Centre and states will lead to Viksit Bharat: PM Modi
PM Modi's key guidelines at NITI Aayog meet
Here are the key highlights of PM Modi's address at the NITI Aayog meet attended by 20 States and 6 UTs
- PM directed NITI Aayog to prepare an ‘Investment-friendly Charter’ for attracting investments
- PM encouraged the creation of River Grids at State level for effective utilization of water resources
- PM encouraged States to initiate Demographic Management Plans to address the issues of population ageing in future
- PM directed NITI Aayog to study the suggestions of States and UTs made during the meeting
- PM states 'Zero Poverty' as a priority for Viksit Bharat