President of India to Preside Over Two-day Conference of Governors Beginning From Tomorrow

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, will preside over the Conference of Governors on February 13 and 14, 2014 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This is the 45th Conference to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan and the second Conference to be presided over by Shri Pranab Mukherjee. Twenty-six Governors and three Lt. Governors of the States and Union Territories will attend the Conference.

The Vice President, the Prime Minister and the Union Ministers of Defence, Finance, Home Affairs, Law and Justice, External Affairs, Tribal Affairs, Human Resource Development, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region will also participate.

The focus of deliberations will be external and internal security environment, development issues in Scheduled Areas and North Eastern region, improving the quality of higher education and making disaster management more effective.

This release issued at 2030 hrs