Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the Secretaries to use their vast expertise for transformative change in good governance. Modi was interacting with top bureaucrats on New Year eve. In his 70-minute interaction, Prime Minister appreciated the work done by them over the last year and a half.
“In course of the interaction, the Prime Minister appreciated the work done by the Secretaries over the last year and a half. He said that the vast expertise of the Secretaries in various domains of the governance, should now be leveraged to bring about “breakthroughs, rather than incremental change.”
The Prime Minister exhorted Secretaries to come up with ideas for transformative change in areas such as good governance, employment generation, education and health, farmer-centric initiatives, innovative budgeting, accelerated inclusive growth, Swachh Bharat and Ganga rejuvenation; and energy efficiency.
The Prime Minister emphasized that in each of these areas, the focus should be on measures which will transformatively improve the lives of people. He laid stress on people’s participation in governance, and empowerment of the common man,” a PMO statement said.
Senior Ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra were also present at the interaction.
Modi emphasised that in each of these areas, the focus should be on measures which will transformatively improve the lives of people. Prime Minister laid stress on people’s participation in governance, and empowerment of the common man.
The Secretaries will now interact among each other, in sub-groups over the next two weeks, after which they will present their ideas and suggestions to the Prime Minister, the statement said.