TURA, Dec 11: Meghalaya is aiming to become one of the top ten states in the country in the next 10 years in terms of achieving maximum per capita GDP and maximum sustainable development goals, informed Dr D Vijay Kumar, Commissioner of Divisions, Garo Hills Region and Commissioner and Secretary, Planning, Finance etc, while highlighting the Meghalaya State Mission during a meeting.
In order to achieve the target of the Meghalaya State Vision, a meeting with all deputy commissioners and officers of line departments of Garo Hills was convened on Thursday night by Dr Kumar at the Circuit House in Tura.
During the meeting, Dr Kumar informed that the demographic structure reflects that the population of Meghalaya comprises 65 per cent of people under the age group of 35 years, who belong to the youth group, and therefore, the youths are the key stakeholders in supporting the government to achieve the state’s vision.
He said that the Meghalaya State Youth Policy needs to be implemented by several government departments that have cross-cutting agendas for youth development to engage, empower and rejuvenate them in order to achieve their full potential to spearhead the responsibility of making the state and nation better.
For this, he said that the Sports and Youth Affairs department would be the Nodal Department to coordinate all efforts with other departments.
Stating that early experience and first learning deeply affect the physical, cognitive and emotional development of a child, Dr Vijay Kumar informed that the Meghalaya Youth Policy is optimising the early years of children’s lives as the best investment and is including children from 5 to 29 years of age in the youth policy.
