Centre ready to visit states instead of states visiting Delhi

Asking the state governments to hold development summits for ensuring all round development, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar today said the Centre was ready to visit the states instead of states visiting Delhi on every development issue.
"We will hold a detailed discussion, do homework to organise 'Jharkhand Development Dialogue' summit in Jharkhand in the first week of June to ensure all round development of the mineral-rich state", Kumar told a press conference here.
Kumar said the concerened Union ministers, including Road Transport Minister Nitish Gadkari, Energy Minister Piyush Goyal, Urban Development Minster Venkaiah Naidu, Steel and Mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar would visit the state to discuss the issues related to their ministry for all round development of Jharkhand.

"We have also asked Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka... That the concerned states should not visit Delhi to discuss issues related to development but Delhi will come to the states," he said.
Appreciating the steel city of Jamshedpur, for its contribution in the growth of steel sector, Kumar described Jamshedpur as a "small Mumbai", where around 1000 SMES are functioning.
A similar diologue should also take place here, he said while assuring the people that initiative would be taken in this regard.
Kumar was here to participate in Jan Kalyan Parv to mark the completion of one year of the Narendra Modi government.