PM asks bureaucracy to work towards creating ‘New India’

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the bureaucracy to work with clear objectives towards creating a ‘New India’ by 2022.

            He was interacting with a group of 80 Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries serving in the Government of India, the third of the five such interactions.

            During the interaction, officers shared their experiences on subjects such as agriculture, drinking water, citizen- centric governance, innovation and teamwork in governance, project implementation, education, manufacturing, internal security, and solar energy, a PMO statement said.

            On manufacturing, the prime minister said the ecosystem for electronics manufacturing in India should now be focused on manufacture of medical equipment devices, the statement said. (AGENCIES)