NITI Aayog Meeting: KCR will not participate in the Governing Council meeting, NITI Aayog gave this answer

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided not to attend the 7th Governing Council meeting. He said that I will not be a part of the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog to be held in Delhi tomorrow as a protest. KCR writes to PM Modi for not attending the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. He accused the central government of giving less powers to the states.

He said that adequate powers were not being given to the states to design and modify the schemes based on their needs and conditions to ensure maximum benefits to the people. This is the biggest reason for my displeasure against the Centre.

In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on August 7 i.e. tomorrow. During this, various issues including crop diversification and implementation of National Education Policy will be discussed.

After this NITI Aayog responded to KCR's statement. On behalf of the commission, it was said that a number of measures are already being taken to work with the states. Last year there were more than 30 meetings with the CM. The delegation also met the Telangana CM in Hyderabad last year. The CM did not respond despite requests for a recent meeting. According to NITI Aayog, in the last 4 years the Government of India allocated Rs.3982 crores for Telangana State under Jal Jeevan Mission, but the state decided to withdraw only Rs.200 crores. Apart from this, Rs 1195 crore was released to Telangana under PMKSY-AIBP-CADWM during 2014-2015 to 2021-2022.

NITI Aayog said it was unfortunate that Chief Minister Telangana decided not to attend the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. The Governing Council is a forum where the supreme political leadership discusses development issues and agrees on appropriate solutions for national development.