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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | No slur on eastern States: Amitabh Kant -Yuthika Bhargava

No slur on eastern States: Amitabh Kant -Yuthika Bhargava

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published Published on Apr 25, 2018   modified Modified on Apr 25, 2018
-The Hindu

NITI Aayog CEO says he did not say they were dragging down India’s growth

Facing criticism over his comment that eastern States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where the BJP is in power, are keeping India backward, Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, on Tuesday issued a clarification on Twitter.

“These States are backward on human development indicators because of legacy issues. This government’s aspirational district programme aims to correct this by focussing on education, health & nutrition & monitoring them on a real-time basis. This is the crux of what I said,” Mr. Kant tweeted. On Monday, speaking at the first Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Memorial Lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mr. Kant said, “Eastern part of India, particularly States like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, is keeping India backward especially on social indicators. While we have improved on ease of doing business, we have remained backward on human development index. We are still 131 out of 188 countries in Human Development Index.”

Mr. Kant faced criticism on Twitter over his comment as all these States are under BJP rule. In Bihar, the BJP has a coalition with the Janata Dal(U).

In another tweet, Mr. Kant said, “The eastern States have done remarkably well on the ease-of-doing business index & achieved economic growth in recent years. We need to replicate this across Human Development indicators leading to all-round development as envisaged in the Aspirational Districts programme.”

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The Hindu, 24 April, 2018, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-slur-on-eastern-states-amitabh-kant/article23662306.ece?homepage=true


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