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PM Modi chairs 6th meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on Saturday via video conferencing.

PM Modi to chair 6th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog today Image Source : ANIPM Modi to chair 6th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog, via video conferencing. The agenda of the meeting included deliberations on agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development, service delivery at the grassroots level, and health and nutrition, the Prime Minister's Office had said. 

The Governing Council presents a platform to discuss inter-sectoral, inter-departmental, and federal issues. It comprises PM Modi, Chief Ministers of States and Union Territories (UTs), with Legislators and Lieutenant Governors of other UTs, PMO said.

The sixth meeting also witnessed the entry of Ladakh for the first time, in addition to the participation of Jammu and Kashmir as a UT.

This time, other UTs headed by administrators were also invited to join, read the release.

The meeting was also attended by the ex-officio members of the Governing Council, Union Ministers, Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, Members and CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant, and other senior officials of the Government of India.

(With ANI inputs)

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