<span style="color: #222222;">Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers and Chief Ministers of other states in the sixth virtual meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council. During the meeting, Mr Soren proposed giving a separate column for tribal population in the census data.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Soren further emphasised to increase the minimum labour wages under MGNREGA and requested the Central Government to ease the forest clearance guidelines for setting up of more industries in a mineral rich state like Jharkhand. He also stressed upon partnership model of Mining operations in the state and suggested to regulate uniform old age pension.</span><br />''