Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fourth National Conference of Chief Secretaries in Delhi on Saturday-Sunday to prepare a common development agenda and blueprint for cohesive action in partnership with the states.
The conference will delve into six core areas: manufacturing, services, rural non-farm, urban, renewable energy, and circular economy. The overarching theme of the conference is ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship, Employment & Skilling – Leveraging the Demographic Dividend’.
Special sessions to be held on frontier technology for Viksit Bharat, developing cities as economic growth hubs, economic reforms in states for investment & growth and capacity building through mission karmayogi. Best practices from states/ UTs to be presented at the conference to encourage cross-learning.
“The Conference of Chief Secretaries is driven by the vision of the Prime Minister to strengthen cooperative federalism and ensure better coordination between Centre and States to achieve faster growth and development,” the government said in a statement.
The Conference has been held annually for the last 3 years. First Chief Secretaries Conference was held in June 2022 at Dharamshala, followed by second and third conference at New Delhi in January 2023 and December 2023 respectively.
The three-day Conference being held from Friday will emphasise on the evolution and implementation of a common development agenda and blueprint for cohesive action in partnership with the states. It will lay the ground for collaborative action to harness India’s demographic dividend by promoting entrepreneurship, enhancing skilling initiatives, and creating sustainable employment opportunities for both rural and urban populations.
Besides, focused deliberations over meals would be held on Atmanirbharata in agriculture: edible oils & pulses, care economy for the ageing population, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Implementation, and Bharatiya Gyan Parampara.
Chief Secretaries, senior officials of all States/Union Territories, domain experts among others will be present at the Conference.
