NITI Aayog governing council meeting begins
New Delhi, June 17 : The fourth meeting of the NITI Aayog's governing council began here on Sunday to discuss issues including measures taken to double farmers' income, progress of flagship schemes like Ayushman Bharat, National Nutrition Mission and Mission Indradhanush.
The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All state Chief Ministers except Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal and Odisha's Naveen Patnaik, were present in the meeting.
Kejriwal was absent from the meet as he, along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai, is camping at Raj Niwas since last week demanding a direction to the IAS officers working in the Delhi administration to end their undeclared strike.
The governing council of NITI Aayog is the premier body tasked with evolving a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active involvement of states in shaping the development narrative.
The council reviews the work done during the previous year and deliberates upon the future developmental priorities.
The council will also discuss measures taken for development of aspirational districts and the celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Pick-up vehicle topples in Yadgir; one field worker dead, over 12 others injured
Yadgir: A pick-up vehicle that was taking labourers to work toppled on the outskirts of Dharmapura village in Gurumitkal taluk here, resulting in the death of a woman worker, while more than 12 other workers sustained injuries.
The deceased worker is identified as Mogalamma (22), a resident of Itakal in Sedam taluk, Kalaburagi district. The injured workers are reportedly under treatment at hospitals in Yadgir and Raichur.
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Mogalamma and the other workers are learned to have been employed in a cotton farm near Dharmapura village and were traveling in the vehicle to the field when the accident occurred.
