PM Modi Wants ‘Breakthrough’ From Babus In Good Governance

31 December, New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday invited ideas from bureaucrats for ‘transformative change’ in good governance.

Modi held a 70-minute interaction with Secretaries to know about their work, during which he also appreciated the work done by them.

He said 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.

Modi emphasised that in each of these areas, 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. 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.

Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari were present. Senior officers of Cabinet Secretariat and PMO also attended the meeting.