PM calls for closer Centre-States ties
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy : TNN

New Delhi, December 07 2014: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave a new thrust to Government's efforts to replace Planning Commission at a consultation meeting with Chief Ministers.

PM Modi described "Team India" as a combination of three teams � the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers; the Union council of Ministers; and the bureaucracy in the Centre and States.

Invoking the spirit of "cooperative federalism", the Prime Minister said that the current global scenario offered a chance for India to take a big leap forward.

Calling for abandoning the incremental approach, PM stressed the need for a suitable body to replace the Planning Commission, so that the strengths of the country could be suitably harnessed.

The Prime Minister said the question of role, relevance and restructuring of the Planning Commission had been repeatedly questioned for more than two decades.

The Prime Minister said that when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, he had attended meetings of the Planning Commission, and had felt the need for a better platform to articulate the view of States.

Narendra Modi said that development is now a priority for all, and the time has come to develop a new mechanism to deliver growth and development.

PM said it is impossible for the Nation to develop unless States develop.

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