Union Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Minister
Suresh Prabhu chairs a meeting on Role of Districts in Economic Growth
Union Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Minister,
Suresh Prabhu today chaired a meeting for brainstorming and creating an action
plan on role of districts in economic growth of the country. The aim of the
meeting was to prepare an action plan to increase the growth rate at the
district level by 3-4% per annum by accelerating economic activities. Larger
aim of this initiative is to help India become a USD 5 trillion economy.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister said that to push growth
further, a bottom-up approach is required. Therefore, districts need to be
considered as planning and execution units, facilitating change at micro level.
In order to achieve this aim, few districts including Sindhudurg,
Ratnagiri, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam, across different states will be
selected in phase 1 of the pilot project. Profile of the districts will be
created, identifying strengths and local resources, so as to incorporate it
with different sectors and verticals. Efforts will be made to converge
government and private initiatives and introduce mechanism for handholding and
mentoring. The Minister directed the officials to create an Action Plan in this
regard at the earliest.
Representative from different Ministries including Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, MSME, Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship and Statistics & Program Implementation
along with NITI Aayog, Department of Economic Affairs and representatives of
States of Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh were present.
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