PM Modi outlines 'Viksit Bharat' roadmap, calls for stronger Centre-state coordination

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while chairing the 10th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog on May 24, underscored the importance of center-state collaboration to achieve rapid national development.

“We have to increase the speed of development. If the center and all the states come together and work together like Team India, no goal is impossible,” Modi said at the meeting, which was held under the theme “Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047.”

He said that the dream of a “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) depends on the progress of individual states.

“When every state is Viksit, then Bharat will be Viksit. This is the aspiration of its 140 crore citizens,” he noted.

Calling for a focus on tourism, Modi asked each state to identify and upgrade at least one destination to international standards.

“States should develop at least one tourist destination per state at par with global standards and by providing 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 highlighted the need for greater participation of women in the workforce.

“We must make laws and policies so that they can be respectfully integrated into the workforce,” he added.

He further stressed the need for policies that deliver visible improvements in people’s lives.

“We should work in a manner so that policies implemented bring change in the lives of common citizens. Only when people feel the change does it strengthen the change and transform the change into a movement. We have a great opportunity as a team to fulfil the aspirations of 140 crore people,” Modi said.

The Governing Council of Niti Aayog is its highest decision-making body and includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and key Union ministers.

This was the prime minister’s first major interaction with state leaders since Operation Sindoor.