Delhi, Punjab sign knowledge-sharing agreement
New Delhi, April 26: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that a Knowledge Sharing Agreement has been signed between the state government of Delhi and Punjab.
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Addressing a press conference in the national capital in this regard, Kejriwal said, "We have just signed the knowledge sharing agreement. It is a new step in the history of India that we have signed an agreement to share knowledge. It is wrong to say that till now, only we have done good work.
We know that many state governments have done good work. But till date, we have not done the work of learning from each other. Several states chose to remain divided among the parties." "Good work done in the field of education and healthcare in Delhi is being discussed all over the world. CM Bhagwant Mann was on a two-day visit to Delhi with his ministers and officials in this regard. He visited the schools, hospitals, Mohalla clinics etc here," he said.
SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal while condemning this MoU labels it as a'black day' for Punjab.
Earlier on Monday, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the Punjab government will replicate Delhi's education model in the state where students from all economic backgrounds will get quality education.
The Delhi Chief Minister also slammed those who opposed Delhi's model of education. He said today, "Our leader Manish Sisodia is on a visit to Finland to know about their education system. Sisodia, after garnering information, will try to implement Finland's model of education here. However, some say that Delhi's government is being run from Finland, Italy. What is the matter with them? Later, such critics will say that Tamil Nadu government is being run from Delhi, is it?"
The agreement mentions that the two states will cooperate on 18 priority areas: pubIic heaIth; pubIic education; environment and pollution control; water supply and sanitation; tourism and hospitality; housing; urban development; welfare of SCs/STs/OBCs/minorities; sociaI security; women and child development; employment and labour welfare; nutrition; pubIic works; governance reforms; power; citizen sevices; industrial development and investment promotion and fiscal stability.
The agreement says the cooperation between the two states will include any other area decided mutually between them. The agreement, according to official sources, is being signed taking into consideration the close and historic, social and cultural relations between the people of the two states; the need for systematic and balanced development of respective states for mutual benefit of people of the states; recognising the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields of public welfare; and with conviction that cooperation in respect of various public welfare programmes will be to their mutual advantage.
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