2-day Governors Conference from August 2

     New Delhi, July 31, 2024: President of India Droupadi Murmu has convened a two day conference of the Governors from August 2 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

     President Droupadi Murmu will preside over a Conference of Governors on August 2 and 3, 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, official sources said.

     This will be the first Conference of Governors to be presided over by President Droupadi Murmu.

     Governors of all States will attend the Conference, sources said.

     The agenda of the Conference includes implementation of three criminal laws; reforms in higher education and accreditation of universities; development of focus areas like tribal areas, aspirational districts and blocks and border areas.

     Role of Governors in campaigns like ‘MYBharat’, ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Ek Vriksha Maa ke Naam’, and natural farming; enhancing public connect; and role of Governors in better coordination between various central agencies in the state are also in the agenda.

     Governors will deliberate these agenda items in various breakaway groups.

     In the concluding session, these groups will make presentation before the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and other participants. 

     The Vice President; the Prime Minister; Union Ministers of Home Affairs; Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Education; Tribal Affairs; Information and Broadcasting; Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Youth Affairs and Sports; Vice Chairman and CEO of NITI Aayog and other senior officials from PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, MHA and other Ministries will also participate.