Central government preparing for major economic reforms: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting with secretaries of all departments today Central government preparing for major economic reforms: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting with secretaries of all departments today


In order to completely protect the Indian economy from the impact of the current crisis in West Asia and global turmoil, as well as to give impetus to the goal of ‘Developed India 2047’, the Central Government has taken steps towards major policy reforms. In this series, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called an important and high level meeting of secretaries of all major departments of the country. In this general meeting, secretaries of various ministries and departments will give their special presentations regarding reforms, on the basis of which the strategy for the next phase will be decided to give a new direction to the country’s economy.

Special groups were formed after the February war crisis

It is noteworthy that after the start of Iran-US conflict in late February, the Cabinet Secretary had formed seven special groups under the chairmanship of secretaries of various ministries. After intensive brainstorming, these groups had prepared their detailed report and submitted it to the Cabinet Secretary, which will now be presented before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The main objective of forming all these groups is to further strengthen coordination and coordination between various departments on sensitive topics like energy security, supply chain, inflation control, import-export and defense manufacturing.

Three important tasks and agenda were assigned to the secretaries

According to sources, all the secretaries attending this meeting were already given three main tasks, which are going to be the main agenda of today’s meeting. Under the first task, the secretaries have to tell what practical difficulties their departments are facing in achieving the target and how they can be overcome. In the second task, they have to give suggestions to work out of the box by going out of their traditional boundaries, while under the third task, every secretary has been asked to present innovative ideas and suggestions for the reforms of other departments besides his own department.

Groups have been formed under the leadership of veterans for different fields.

Among these groups, which are in charge of various sectors, the 11-member core group under the leadership of Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur will give suggestions to the Prime Minister on important issues like stabilizing the country’s macro economy, import-export and manufacturing. Besides, the group led by Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal will present its views on energy and LPG-LNG supplies, while the groups led by the Foreign Secretary and the Defense Secretary will present their strategic reports. The group led by Shipping Secretary Vijay Kumar is preparing a roadmap for the country’s logistics development. The main focus of the government is to reduce manufacturing costs by improving the supply chain and making ease of doing business more simple at the grassroots level.