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New Delhi : The 50th Conference of Governors concluded at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 24, 2019. In his remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while congratulating the gathering for the successful conclusion of the 50th edition of the Conference emphasised that for the future, even as it evolves with the times, the institution of this Conference should remain focused on ensuring national development and meeting the needs of common man.
While lauding the participants for coming up with valuable suggestions, the Prime Minister urged the Governors, as first citizens, to enable discussions at state level so that ideas suitable to their local conditions are pursued vigorously.
With respect to development of tribal areas, the Prime Minister stressed on appropriate use of technology and adoption of progressive schemes in the sphere of sports and youth development. He also asked for a mission mode focus to be given to meeting the development needs of the 112 aspirational districts particularly those that fall in the tribal areas of the country and to ensure that they come up above the state and national averages on the relevant development indices at the earliest, according o a PIB release.
The Prime Minister said that the discussion on Jal Jeevan Mission at the Conference reflected the priority given by the Government to water conservation and water management techniques that emphasised functionality and were tailored to local conditions. In their role as Chancellors of Universities, the Prime Minister requested Governors to inculcate this message of good habits of water conservation amongst the youth and student community as well. PM Modi also requested Governors to seek out ways of publicising the message of traditional water related festivals like ‘Pushkaram’.
On the New Education Policy and the higher education sector, the Prime Minister highlighted the important role that Governors could play to ensure that universities invest in high quality research that harnesses cost effective innovations and technology that uses platforms like hackathons etc. to foster a start-up culture and also leads to job creation for the youth.
On Ease of Living initiatives, PM Modi observed that state institutions need to strike the right balance between cutting red-tape and too much regulations on one hand and at the same time ensure that the primary needs related to basic sectors like health care and education were met in an affordable manner.
On agriculture, the Prime Minister advocated for a focus on development of agrarian economy by following a cluster approach that offered nuanced solutions. He requested that Governors could help ensure adoption of international best practices through introduction of viable Demonstration projects where agriculture universities played a lead role.