PM sets up eight groups of secretaries to drive economic growth

07 Jan 2016 Evaluate

In order to come up with ideas to drive economic growth ahead of the budget and beyond it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up eight groups of secretaries. The eight groups are: accelerated growth; good governance; employment generation; farmer-centric initiatives; education and health; innovative budgeting and effective implementation; Swachh Bharat and Ganga rejuvenation with people's participation; and energy efficiency and conservation. Many of the ideas from these eight groups are likely to find their way into the Budget, which is being seen as a make-or-break one by a government under pressure to lift growth to a higher trajectory.

Modi on December 31 had briefed secretaries to focus on quick delivery of Centre’s programmes. Further he will hold intensive half-day meetings with the eight secretaries' groups on January 12, 15 and 16. The meetings are aimed at finalising the Practical Action Plan (PAP) for these eight priority areas.

Besides, each group is being assisted by two separate teams of joint secretaries, making for 16 such squads in all. The groups are working on plans for all eight areas for one year, three years and the long term and the task is put on high priority. Top bureaucrats Hasmukh Adhia, Ashok Lavasa, Jugal Kishore Mahapatra, Anil Swarup, Amitabh Kant and Rajiv Kumar are among those who have been asked to 'pilot' the group presentations that will be put together on January 16 as the final plan. The good governance group is working on a mandate of process reengineering, which includes discussion of measures to reduce tribunals, laws and needlessly time-consuming processes. The group on education is looking at using technology to track attendance of teachers in schools and measures that will help Indian colleges feature in the global top 100.

Modi has also given suggestions to every subgroup including a new crop insurance scheme, leveraging traditional health systems, energy audits of companies and a list of 100 towns that can be made model clean towns by October 2016. Further, he has also asked for greater embedding of technology in government functions, which include digitisation, Aadhaar, space applications and skill development. The PM has asked for a comprehensive road map for power, coal, road and road infrastructure for the next three years besides plans for agricultural reform in the eastern states.

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