Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday set the tone for the New Year by identifying eight key thrust areas for governance at a year-end meeting with all GoI secretaries at his residence.
Modi, sources told ET, said eight subgroups would be formed on the lines of his priority areas comprising secretaries of different departments.
These groups would have to give their recommendations in a time-bound manner, leading to the creation of a grand action plan. The PM is believed to have laid emphasis on "product, process and delivery".
He told the top babus that his emphasis in 2016 would be on execution and delivery as that's what "citizens judge".
A bureaucrat, who did not wish to named, said the PM asked them to focus on faster implementation of projects. "He advised us not to bother about the state of politics. If there is a good practice in any state, we must adopt it."
The interaction lasted for over an hour and included Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari, besides senior officers of the Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO. In course of the interaction, the prime minister also appreciated the work done by the top babus and said it should now be leveraged to bring about "breakthroughs, rather than incremental change".
The PM is said to have urged the secretaries to "prioritise schemes, set targets and formulate a monitoring framework". As a top babu put it: "He told us the vision for the country is ready, and now is the time for execution. The talk was aimed at getting us enthusiastic about work."
The eight thrust areas are: good governance, employment generation, education and health, farmer-centric initiatives, innovative budgeting, accelerated inclusive growth, Swachh Bharat and Ganga rejuvenation; and energy efficiency. It is learnt that subgroups of secretaries will have to give their reports in the next two weeks.
"We have been asked to share ideas, and encourage convergence and not work in silos," a bureaucrat said. The PM is said to have spoken at length about improving the state of agriculture and is said to have told the secretaries that eastern India should be the focus of the next green revolution. A secretary said the PM also asked them to look at energy efficiency in whichever offices they work in and set an example for others. "He said the budget should not just be a statement of account but more ..
Source:-The Economic Times
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