PM Modi pitches for advancing polls,Janaury-December fiscal year

PM Modi pitches for advancing polls,Janaury-December fiscal year

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pushed for conducting the state Assembly polls and general elections simultaneously. 

Chairing the Niti Aayog's Governing Council meeting here, Modi also said he was in favour of having a January to December financial year to benefit the country's vast agriculture sector. 

He unveiled a 15-year vision document for 'New India' at the meeting, which was attended by the chief ministers of all the states, except Punjab, West Bengal, Sikkim and Manipur.