New Delhi, May 24 -- Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu attended the tenth Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog at New Delhi on Saturday. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Discussions were held on this year's theme Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat 2047. Focus was laid on development challenges being faced and overcoming them to achieve the objective of developed nation.

According to an official statement, CM Sukhu said that the special needs of the hill states should be taken into account and considered for higher allocation of funds thereby relaxing eligibility criteria in various schemes. Chief Minister also demanded release of funds due to the state which were pending since long. If the long pendin...