NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the Government officers to work with full dedication towards creation of New India by 2022.
Stressing that silos were a big bottleneck in the functioning of the Union Government, he wanted the officers to adopt innovative ways to break silos, resulting in the speeding up of various processes of governance.
The exhortation from the Prime Minister came during his interaction with around 380 Directors and Deputy Secretaries working in various departments and Ministries in the Government of India, in four groups.
The interactions happened over the course of this month, the last of these interactions taking place yesterday.
Each interaction lasted around two hours. In the same vein, the PM wanted that officers at the level of Director and Deputy Secretary should create teams to achieve better results. Subjects such as governance, corruption, public enterprises, government e-marketplace, health, education, skill development, agriculture, transportation, national integration, water resources, Swachh Bharat, culture, communication, and tourism came up for discussion during the interactions.
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh, and senior officers from PMO and Cabinet Secretariat were present during the interactions, an official release here said. (UNI)