Eight panels of ministers to boost hands-on governance

Nov 15,2021

After recent rounds of brainstorming, PM Narendra has formed eight committees comprising of the entire council of ministers to oversee a major push for a hands-on approach to governance for which the government is planning to rope in young professionals, seek suggestions from retiring officials and make the best use of technology for monitoring projects, besides various other steps.

Government sources said the 77 ministers have been divided into eight groups to develop technology-based resources, create a pool of professionals for recruitment in their teams and other similar initiatives to be adopted in the offices of all ministers' offices to bring more transparency and further improve and efficiency of the Modi government.

Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Anurag Thakur are among the ministers who are the coordinators of their respective groups, the sources said.

The PM took the decision to divide the council of ministers into eight groups following 'Chintan Shivirs' (brainstorming sessions) of the entire council that were chaired by Modi, with each meeting lasting for nearly five hours.

A total of five such sessions were held - one each on personal efficiency, focused implementation, ministry functioning and stakeholder engagement, party coordination and effective communication and the last one was on parliamentary practices. Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman had also attended the last meeting.

Sources said all these meetings primarily focused on improving the efficiency and the delivery system of the Modi government.