20 Feb 2021: PIB Summary & Analysis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Governing Council of NITI Aayog
2. Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram statehood days

1. Governing Council of NITI Aayog

Context:

6th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog.

Details:

The Agenda for the Sixth Council Meeting comprised the following items:

1. Making India a Manufacturing Powerhouse
2. Reimagining Agriculture
3. Improving Physical Infrastructure
4. Accelerating Human Resources Development
5. Improving Service Delivery at Grassroots Level
6. Health and Nutrition

About the Governing Council of NITI Aayog

• The Governing Council of NITI Aayog comprises the Prime Minister of India, Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories with Legislature, Lt Governors of other UTs, Ex-Officio Members and Special Invitees. 
• It is the premier body tasked with evolving a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in shaping the development narrative. 
• The current one was the sixth Governing Council meeting.

2. Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram statehood days

Context:

PM Modi greets people of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram on Statehood Days.

Details:

• Both states attained statehood on 20 February 1987.

Mizoram:

• The Mizo hills area became the Lushai Hills district within Assam at the time of independence. Further, in 1954 it was renamed the Mizo Hills District of Assam.
• Mizoram was given UT status in 1972.
• The Union Territory of Mizoram was conferred the status of a full state after the signing of a memorandum of settlement (Mizoram Peace Accord) between the Central government and the Mizo National Front, ending a two-decade-old Insurgency.

To know more about the statehood of Arunachal Pradesh, check CNA dated Feb 20, 2021.

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