NITI Aayog plans to facilitate face-to-face consultations between state governments and Central ministries to clear all pending issues.
An experiment on this was made recently, when the Aayog brought together top officials from the newly-created Telangana state and Central ministries to resolve outstanding issues.
An official statement said around 20 important issues flagged by the state government relating to the ministries of coal & power; petroleum & natural gas; environment, forests & climate change; culture; finance; and rural development were discussed in the two-hour meeting chaired by Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya.
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“It experimented with a new approach to the resolution of issues between states and central ministries by bringing the two sides face-to-face with the vice-chairman actively nudging them towards a possible solution,” the statement added..