The Council of Ministers will convene a two-day Chintan Shivir on 23-24 September 2026 in New Delhi, dedicated to advancing the government's Viksit Bharat@2047 agenda. The formal ministerial gathering will serve as a platform for stocktaking, inter-ministerial alignment, and charting the next phase of governance reforms needed to realise India's vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047.

What the Chintan Shivir Will Cover

According to government sources, discussions will span a broad range of priorities — reviewing achievements to date, evaluating ongoing work across ministries, and identifying fresh policy ideas. Key themes on the agenda include governance reforms, ease-of-living measures, reduction of regulatory compliances, and improvements in public service delivery.

The session will bring together outputs from the Groups of Secretaries, various ministries and departments, the Cabinet Secretariat, and NITI Aayog — consolidating months of parallel workstreams into a unified forward-looking roadmap.

Background: Five Years in the Making

The Viksit Bharat exercise was formally launched in 2021, when ten Sectoral Groups of Secretaries were constituted to prepare the Vision@2047 document, complete with short-term and long-term development roadmaps. The exercise was backed by extensive stakeholder consultations spanning multiple sectors of the economy and governance.

Since the initiative's launch, eight rounds of presentations and discussions on different aspects of Viksit Bharat@2047 have already been held before the Council of Ministers. The upcoming Chintan Shivir is expected to build directly on those deliberations and move the process to its next stage.

Part of a Continuing Process

Government sources were clear that the September 23-24 exercise is not a standalone event. Additional rounds of deliberations are expected to be organised in the coming days as the government intensifies efforts to refine and operationalise its long-term development roadmap.

The Chintan Shivir format — a structured, immersive retreat for senior decision-makers — has historically been used by Indian governments to align large bureaucratic machinery around shared objectives. This iteration is notably the most comprehensive since the Viksit Bharat process began, drawing on five years of sectoral groundwork.

What Comes Next

The two-day session is expected to yield concrete direction on policy priorities and reform milestones for the remainder of the decade. With India's 2047 centenary of independence as the anchor, the government is seeking to accelerate implementation across ministries while closing gaps in inter-departmental coordination. Further rounds of ministerial deliberations are anticipated in the weeks ahead.