New Delhi, May 23 -- In a clarion call for deepening Centre-State collaboration in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), Union Minister Jitendra Singh emphasised the need for States and Union Territories to become engines of innovation in India's journey towards a developed nation by 2047, said an official release.

Speaking at the valedictory session of the Annual Review Meeting of State Science and Technology (S&T) Councils, the Minister defined technology as an engine of transformation and asserted that "a developed India cannot exist without developed States and Union Territories.

Addressing over 30 State and UT S&T Councils, Jitendra Singh underscored the pivotal role of STI in realising the Viksit Bharat vision.

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