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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 137 of 200

Q137
Indian Economy
The second meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog emphasised on
  1. a.eradication of poverty
  2. b.state units should be the focus of all development efforts
  3. c.clearance of all pending projects
  4. d.Both (A) and (B)

Answer: (D) Both (A) and (B)

The second meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held in July 2015 under the Prime Minister's chairmanship; its message was that the Centre and the States must work together to end poverty and that the State units should be the focus of all development efforts. The Governing Council consists of the Prime Minister, the Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories with legislatures, and the Lieutenant Governors of the other Union Territories; its first meeting was in February 2015.