New Delhi: In what is seen as a big push for a hands-on approach to governance, the Narendra Modi government is planning to rope in young professionals, seek suggestions from retiring officials and make the best use of technology for project monitoring, besides various other steps to be overseen by eight different groups comprising of members from the entire Council of Ministers.
In an attempt to improve efficiency and transparency in governance, the Centre has divided 77 members from the entire Council of Ministers into eight different groups to develop technology-based resources and form a pool of professionals for their recruitment into their teams, reports said, quoting government sources.
The 77 ministers have been divided into eight groups to develop technology-based resources, create a pool of professionals for recruiting 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, the sources said.
The process of dividing the ministers into eight groups was done following ‘Chintan Shivirs’ (brainstorming sessions) of the entire council that was chaired by PM Modi. Each meeting went on for nearly five hours.