Overview
- The three-day meeting runs December 26–28 in New Delhi, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing sessions on December 27–28.
- The theme is "Human Capital for Viksit Bharat," prioritising early childhood education, schooling, skilling, higher education, and sports and extracurricular activities.
- Six special sessions will examine deregulation in states, technology in governance with risk mitigation, AgriStack for supply chains and market linkages, a flagship tourism push, Atmanirbhar Bharat and Swadeshi, and a post-LWE future.
- Officials frame the conference as a cooperative federalism platform to strengthen Centre–state coordination and craft a unified development roadmap.
- Focused discussions will cover heritage and manuscript digitisation and integrating AYUSH into primary healthcare, with outcomes traditionally informing the NITI Aayog governing council agenda.