Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's 'missions' to top meet with Niti-Aayog
Hyderabad: The Niti-Aayog will begin consultations with state governments to give concrete shape to 15-year Vision Document for accelerating all-round development of the country as mandated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is also its chairman.
This 15-year vision document would be executed in two phases wherein a seven-year strategy, from 2017-18 to 2023-24 would be implemented initially.
Niti-Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya will meet Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday to work on the seven-year strategy, marking the end of the Nehru-era five-year plans, being implemented in the country for the last six decades.
It will also prepare a three-year action plan for 2017-18 to 2019-20 as part of the National Development Agenda, which will be aligned with the 14th Finance Commission award period.
The new action plan assumes significance in the backdrop of 2016-17, the ongoing financial year, being the terminal year of the 12th Five-Year Plan.
Mr Rao is expected to seek funds for Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya on the occasion.
The Governing Council of Niti-Aayog, which is the policy-making body, is headed by the PM and comprises of all CMs and ex-officio members who include Union home, finance, railway and agriculture ministers.
The body has been mandated to come up with a 15-year vision document for a period up to 2030, which will be co-terminus with sustainable development goals.
Mr Rao wants to bring to the notice of the Niti-Aayog that irrigation projects, Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya are aimed at meeting sustainable development goals as they would provide a permanent solution to drinking water and agriculture needs in the state.
A Niti-Aayog team visited TS in April and studied Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya schemes. It was impressed by both these schemes and recommended the Centre to grant Rs 20,000 crore. However, there has been no response from the Centre on this so far. Even during the recent PM's visit to Gajwel, Mr Rao had sought financial aid for these schemes.
