While Modi held a marathon meeting with his cabinet ministers to review performance and give fresh guidelines, the meeting held at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan on Wednesday went on for five hours. Therein, PM Modi gave his new four-point mantra: "Perform, Reform, Transform, Inform," pressing hard on unstopped work.
The Prime Minister spoke at length for 40 minutes on the achievements of the government, ways in which to publicize its works, and welfare programs. Interacting with the public on social media would reassure the public that the government is responsive and accountable, he told the ministers. Then again, he asked the feedback from the public to come quickly on these public utility platforms so that responsiveness would be perceived.
The ministers were assigned to report on ten big decisions of their departments within 100 days of the Modi 3.0 government and its large-scale publicity. PM Modi underlined that decisions of the government need to be communicated more effectively and in a far more efficient way.
At the meeting, PM Modi particularly addressed the newly inducted ministers and took up in detail the Budget announcements made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It was decided that welfare schemes initiated by the Modi government, which turn a decade-old, would be celebrated on September 5.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba made a presentation on 73 big decisions taken in the first 85 days of Modi 3.0 government. He also made two other presentations-one each on the progress in health and education sectors, and improvement in infra around the country.
The PM wound up the meeting with a light-hearted remark: "This was only a trailer, now get used to my work culture".
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