NITI Aayog wants states to compete on good governance: Rajiv Kumar

Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said Friday that the government think tank wants states to compete on good governance.

Kumar further said that the country has started deriving benefits of India's demographic dividend.

"There cannot be any modern civilisation based on market economy where we can't take care of people who are most disadvantaged in the society," the Niti Aayog vice chairman said while speaking at an event here.

At the same event, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in India Yuri Afanasiev said, India will continue to grow at 7-9 per cent in the coming decades.

Afanasiev also pointed out that India is progressing very quickly in reducing multi-dimensional poverty.

"We have witnessed that multi-dimensional poverty reduction in backward states like Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh is quicker than India's national average," he said.