Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the closing sessions of the three‑day National Conference of Chief Secretaries in New Delhi on December 27–28 after deliberations began on December 26.
- The summit centered on the theme Human Capital for Viksit Bharat with detailed discussions on early childhood education, schooling, skilling, higher education, and sports and extracurriculars.
- Special sessions examined deregulation in states, technology in governance and risk mitigation, AgriStack for supply chains and market linkages, One State One World‑Class Tourist Destination, Atmanirbhar Bharat and Swadeshi, and planning for a post‑LWE future.
- Modi described the talks as insightful and, in his address on Sunday, framed India’s youth as the engine of a continuing reform drive while urging a focus on quality, technology integration, and state efforts to boost manufacturing, services, and high‑value agriculture.
- Chief secretaries from all states and UTs joined senior central officials including Principal Secretary P. K. Mishra and Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan, with discussions expected to inform coordinated Centre–State action plans.