The team of NITI Aayog held a meeting with the top officials of the State Government on Wednesday. The meeting took place at Hotel Radisson Blu in the State Capital. Discussions were held on drought situation and status of ongoing Central funded schemes in the State during the meeting.
In this, many top officials including Chief Secretary of the State, Sukhdev Singh were present. On the occasion, the office bearers apprised Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Suman Berry, about the status of ongoing central schemes in the State. The drought situation in the State was also discussed in the meeting. The report from the State Government on the drought situation in the State was also placed before the commission. The officials of the State Government said that the cooperation of the Central Government is necessary to get rid of the problems.
On the occasion, Beri said that he has come to Jharkhand for the first time and he wants to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream project the Aspirant District himself. He said that the commission acts as a bridge between the Central Government and the State Government. As far as the Central schemes are concerned, he visited the block of Ranchi, talked to the people and has come face to face with the problems, he added.
In the course of the Jharkhand tour, the team of NITI Aayog left for Jamshedpur after meeting on the first day where they will participate in the program organized in XLRI. The team of NITI Aayog includes Neeraj Sinha, Rakesh Ranjan and others. In this two-day visit, a meeting was also to be held with the Chief Minister, Hemant Soren along with the team of NITI Aayog, but it got postponed.
Earlier, the team of NITI Aayog had come to Jharkhand on March 1. Many people including Dr BK Pal, Senior Advisor Neeraj Sinha, Joint Secretary, Shailendra Kumar Dwivedi were present in this meeting. During this, Chief Minister Hemant Soren had placed 20-22 points before the NITI Aayog on behalf of the State Government. In which the demand for deduction of dues by DVC, non-payment of coal royalty at the Center, finance management on malnutrition under the 15th Finance Commission and others were prominently placed.
In the meeting of the Governing Council on behalf of Jharkhand, a special package was demanded by Chief Minister, Hemant Soren on behalf of Jharkhand regarding drought. The Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog was held in New Delhi on August 7. In which the state government had placed a detailed demand on drought and other issues before the NITI Aayog.