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President Pranab Mukherjee to preside over two-day Governors' Conference

| | Feb 08, 2016, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS) President of India Pranab Mukherjee will on Tuesday preside over a two-day Conference of Governors at Rashtrapati Bhavan, which will be attended by 23 Governors and two Lt. Governors of the states and union territories
This is the 47th such conference to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan and the fourth Conference to be presided over by President Mukherjee. 
 
Other participants include Vice President MH Ansari; Prime Minister Narendra Modi; union ministers of Home Affairs, External Affairs, Finance, Urban Development, Defence, Human Resource Development; Minister of State (I/C) of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Minister of State (I/C) of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of State (I/C) of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State (I/C) of Commerce and Industry; Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and National Security Advisor. 
 
The conference will deliberate on the following agenda items: 
 
1. Security- internal and external with special focus on terrorism and insurgency activities; 
 
2. Creating jobs for youths- special focus on skill development for school drop-outs; 
 
3. Implementation of flagship programmes of the central government, such as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Housing for all by 2022 and Smart Cities; 
 
4. Improving quality of higher education; 
 
5. Giving impetus to “Make in India” programme and employability and 
 
6. Act East Policy and development of North Eastern Region.
 

 

# President of India # Pranab Mukherjee # Rashtrapati Bhavan

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