Modi asks states to remove policy bottlenecks, encourage investment, generate jobs
PTI, NEW DELHI, MAY 24, 2025 : Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said if the Union government and states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible. The Prime Minister made this remark while chairing the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. There is a need to increase the speed of development, he said.
“We have to increase the speed of development. If the Centre and all the states come together and work together like Team India, no goal is impossible,” Niti Aayog, in a post on X, quoted the Prime Minister as saying.
The theme of the Governing Council meeting is ‘Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047’. “Viksit Bharat is the goal of every Indian. When every state is Viksit, then Bharat will be Viksit. This is the aspiration of its 140 crore citizens,” Modi said. The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all state Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers. Prime Minister Modi is the chairman of Niti Aayog.
The Prime Minister on Saturday asked the states and Union Territories to remove policy bottlenecks to encourage investment and generate employment as he stressed that if the Union government and states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible.
Briefing reporters about the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said that everyone present at the meeting unanimously supported Operation Sindoor, undertaken by India to destroy terror infrastructure in Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi, he said, also urged the states to focus on agriculture, education, and healthcare.
The Prime Minister said that the 10-year journey of Niti Aayog was “to prepare the nation to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat”. The states which did not attend the meeting were Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, and Puducherry, he said, adding the 10th meeting of the Council saw maximum attendance.
“We should have the aim of making each state Viksit, each city Viksit, each Nagar Palika Viksit, and each village Viksit. If we work on these lines, we will not have to wait till 2047 to become Viksit Bharat,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister also suggested that states should develop at least one tourist destination per state at par with global standards and provide all facilities and infrastructure. “One State: One Global Destination. It would also lead to the development of the neighboring cities as tourist places,” he said.
The Prime Minister also emphasized the need to work towards the inclusion of women in the workforce. “We must make laws and policies so that they can be respectfully integrated into the workforce,” he said.
It is the first major meeting of the Prime Minister with Chief Ministers of all states and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories after Operation Sindoor.
