Lucknow 24 June (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the states of the Central Regional Council have an important role in achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
goal of building a developed India by 2047.
While chairing the 25th meeting of the Central Regional Council here, Shah said that the Central Regional Council is the only regional council where there is no problem or dispute of any kind between two member states and this is a great achievement.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav and Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Dev Sai participated in the meeting.
Senior ministers of member states, Union Home Secretary, Secretary of Inter-State Council Secretariat, Chief Secretaries of member states and other senior officials of state and central ministries and departments also attended the meeting.
He said that while only 11 meetings of Zonal Councils and only 14 meetings of Standing Committees of Zonal Councils were held from 2004-14, 28 meetings of Zonal Councils and 33 meetings of Standing Committees of Zonal Councils have been held in 2014-25, which is a 2-fold increase.
He also said that so far 1,287 issues have been resolved in these meetings, which is historic and encouraging in itself.
In the meeting, the Home Minister also asked the member states to increase the income of Gram Panchayats and make rules for it.
He said that India's three-tier democratic Panchayati Raj system will become more effective only by increasing the income of Panchayats.
A total of 19 issues including broad topics of national importance were discussed in the meeting. These included various issues such as implementation of fast track special courts for prompt investigation and speedy disposal of rape cases against women and children, brick-and-mortar banking facility within the designated radius of each village and implementation of emergency response support system.
In the meeting, the Home Minister said that all the states of the regional council should ensure to eliminate malnutrition among children, reduce drop-out ratio to zero and strengthen cooperation.
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