Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday discussed with a group of Government Secretaries on implementation of ‘Swasth Bharat, Shikshit Bharat’ project. Recently the PMO had created four groups of Secretaries to exchange ideas on various areas of governance with the Prime Minister.
Sunday’s presentation was also attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Manohar Parrikar, besides Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Arvind Panagariya, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and Additional Principal Secretary PK Misra. The ideas exchanged were basically on health and education sector.
After the presentation, several members of the audience also gave their suggestions and observations on the subject, a PMO statement said. So far, four Groups of Secretaries have made such presentations to the Prime Minister. Eight such groups were set up by Modi recently for focussed attention to various sectors.
Two Groups of Secretaries on Innovative Budgeting and Effective Implementation and Swachchh Bharat and Ganga Rejuvenation had presented their ideas on Friday with regard to “transformative hange” which the Government wants to bring about in the lives of people.
On January 12, the first group on Energy Conservation and Efficiency, had made its presentation. The subjects on which the groups have been set up are: ‘Good Governance — challenges and opportunities’, ‘Employment generation strategies’, ‘farmer-centric initiatives in agriculture and allied sectors’, ‘Education and health — universal access and quality’, ‘innovative budgeting and effective implementation’, ‘accelerated growth with inclusion and equity’, ‘Swachchh Bharat and Ganga Rejuvenation’ and ‘energy efficiency and conservation’.