PM to meet state chief secretaries to discuss growth strategy
Live MintNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet state chief secretaries next month ahead of the annual conclave with chief ministers to finalize the near-term policy agenda, two persons aware of the development said. The three-day meeting starting 13 December will help in identifying key issues for the Prime Minister to take up with chief ministers at the next governing council meeting of NITI Aayog, said one of the persons quoted above. At the last NITI Aayog governing council meeting held in the capital in July, Modi and chief ministers discussed a vision paper on making India a $30 trillion developed economy by 2030. “We believe that India in the next budget will probably be looking at how to boost domestic demand through a much broad-based consumer spending, which means policy makers have to look at measures that boost rural and urban demand and also capex spending to crowd in private investments,” said Majumdar.