All states' credit: PM Modi on how India overcame Covid

At the seventh meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of NITI Aayog, PM Modi said the cooperative federalism of India helped the country emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the collective efforts of all the states in the spirit of cooperative federalism as the force that helped India emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the seventh meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of NITI Aayog, PM Modi said, “Every state played a crucial role according to its strength and contributed to India’s fight against Covid. This led to India emerging as an example for the developing nations to look up to as a global leader.”

This was the first physical meeting of the Governing Council since the onset of the pandemic, with the 2021 meeting held via video conferencing. The meeting was attended by 23 chief ministers, three Lieutenant Governors and two Administrators and Union Ministers. The meeting was moderated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

In his inaugural address, PM Modi said India’s federal structure and cooperative federalism emerged as a model for the world during the Covid-19 crisis. He said that India had sent a powerful message to the developing nations of the world—that it is possible to overcome challenges with resilience despite resource limitations.

PM Modi said that the credit for this goes to the state governments, which focused on grassroots delivery of public services to the people through cooperation across political lines.