The fourth National Conference of Chief Secretaries started in Delhi on Friday. This conference of Chief Secretaries is organized with a view to strengthen cooperative dialogue, to ensure better coordination between the Center and the States towards achieving development and progress. On behalf of the Jharkhand Government, the conference was chaired by Chief Secretary of Jharkhand Government Alka Tiwari, Principal Secretary Planning Mast Ram Meena, Secretary Rural Development K. Srinivasan and Secretary Industries Department Jitendra Kumar Singh and other special officials.
The conference is organized to prepare a coherent format of the common development agenda of the Central and State Governments. Its main objective is to promote entrepreneurship, create skill-based employment and to exploit the dividends to more people.
The main objective of this conference is to establish the best working system on the basis of discussions between the Prime Minister of the country, NITI Aayog, Central Ministry as well as the prominent representatives and experts of the state and union territory. This year, special sessions will be organized in this conference on broad topics like manufacturing, services, rural non-agriculture, urban development, renewable energy, Mission Karmayogi. Apart from this, discussions will also be held on self-reliance in agriculture, fertilizers, oil and pulses, population growth, renewable energy and Indian traditional knowledge.