Shri Narendra Modi speaks to media on the sidelines of National Development Council meeting in New Delhi
Centre’s policy paralysis leading country towards stagnation and negative growth, which will not help the nation: Shri Modi
The last time we met, they spoke of 9% growth but we are still stuck at 7.9%. Now they have stopped thinking of 9% and have kept a target of 8.2%. A nation like us is aspiring only for 0.3% growth? Asks Shri Modi
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On the afternoon of Thursday 27th December 2012 Shri Narendra Modi came down heavily on the Congress-led UPA for policy paralysis. He said that due to this policy paralysis the country is headed towards stagnation and negative growth, which will never help the nation. The Chief Minister was speaking at the sidelines of the meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), which he is attending.
Text of Shri Narendra Modi's speech at meeting of NDC held in New Delhi
Shri Modi said, “the last time we met, they spoke of 9% growth but we are still stuck at 7.9%. Now they have stopped thinking of 9% and have kept a target of 8.2%. A nation like us is aspiring only for 0.3% growth?”The Chief Minister called for a permanent policy in fuel utilization that would be of immense help. He pointed that in Gujarat a 3000 MW power plant is underutilized due to lack of fuel.
Shri Modi pointed out that the Prime Minister is not serious about the energy infrastructure and spoke on the need of focusing on a smart grid, which can potentially solve the issues.
He stressed on the importance of skill development and said that 65% of our nation consists of the youth and it becomes essential to make the youth the focal point of development initiatives. Shri Modi declared that the Planning Commission had outsourced the formulation of aspects on skill development but it’s been 2 years and not a single report has come. On the other hand the Planning Commission studied Gujarat’s efforts to strengthen skill development including the state’s Kaushalya Vardhan Kendras (KVK) and asked other states to study Gujarat’s model in this aspect, Shri Modi stated.
When asked a question on the issue of FDI the Chief Minister affirmed that there has already been enough debate on the issue and that his party has made its stand clear on the issue repeatedly.
