PM tells Cabinet to deliver work faster
The high-level review meeting served as an informal midterm assessment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked his Council of Ministers, including Cabinet colleagues, to fast-track the pending works and projects related to their respective ministries and departments.
According to sources, in a stern message, the PM conveyed that controversies should be avoided and focus should be on the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.
"Files must move swiftly, ensuring no unnecessary bureaucratic delays. Maximise productivity within the available time and infuse simplicity into every process of the reform. Viksit Bharat 2047 is not merely a slogan-it is our unwavering commitment," Modi emphasised in the meeting, which he conducted soon after landing in India from a five-nation tour.
Sources claim that a massive overhaul of the Council of Ministers can happen, the names of some ministries may be changed and a separate Ministry of Infrastructure could be created with the goal of Viksit Bharat.
Sources added that members of Niti Ayog were also present in the session which served as an informal midterm assessment of the Government's work ahead of the two-year anniversary of its third consecutive tenure.
Chairing a marathon meeting of more than five hours, which included hosting dinner for the members of the Union Council of Ministers, the PM took stock of all ministries and 78 departments where Ministers as well as the concerned Secretaries gave presentations turn by turn, beginning 5 pm after an introductory message by the PM at Seva Teerth.
PM said that entire people in the governance should work together in tandem so that achievements and policies of 12 years of NDA reaches every nook and corner and people of the country.
"All departments must function with public interest as the foremost priority," sources quoted the PM, conveying in the meeting, which included top Government officials.
It is learnt that the PM took a special briefing from the ministries of agriculture, forestry, labour, road transport, corporate affairs, external affairs, commerce and power. The discussions assumed added significance against the backdrop of growing global economic concerns arising from the intensifying West Asia conflict.
The meet also comes days after the Prime Minister urged people to reduce discretionary spending on fuel, gold and overseas travel. It brought in attendance union cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge and other ministers of state.
