Highlights for Day 23 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Highlights for Day 23 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Modi's decision has been approved by Cabinet to scrap GoMs and EGoMs
The decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap 30 GoMs and EGoMs set up by the previous UPA government received the formal nod of the Union Cabinet. Dismantling the legacy of UPA rule, Modi had on May 31 abolished all the 30 Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and Group of Ministers (GoMs) . He said that the Prime Minister’s Office will assist ministries in tackling tangled issues. "All the facts related to the GoMs were placed before the Cabinet. Governments used to function on the basis of GoMs and we decided to end these..
Centre committed to bringing back Indians abducted in Iraq, assures Sushma
The government is committed and putting in all efforts to trace the Indians abducted in Iraq and bring them back home says External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. She added that she would be meeting the concerned family members of people who have allegedly been abducted by the ISIS militants. "I will be meeting the families today. The Indian Government is not leaving any stone unturned in our efforts to bring them back," she said
PMO asks all seven NDMA members to resign: sources
In yet another loud and clear signal of his target for "more governance, less government", the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday asked all National Disaster Management Agency members to resign from their posts. Since there are total seven members in the NDMA the Home Secretary had called all NDMA members on Wednesday to resign.
BJP nominates Sitharaman for RS from Andhra Pradesh
Union Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has been nominated for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh by BJP on Thursday. The party decided to nominate her for the Upper House from Andara Pradesh where the seat has fallen vacant after the demise of N Janardhana Reddy on May 9 this year.
NDA to bring broad changes in MNREGA
Newly Elected NDA government has decided to bring wide changes in the rural job guarantee scheme launched by previous government by proposing at least Rs 25,000 crore of investment into agriculture alone. The Rural Development Ministry has proposed to bring alteration to the Schedule I of the MGNREGA "to clearly bring forth the focus on agriculture". It has proposed to add provisions after Para 4 (2) of Schedule I of the Act. "The works taken up under MNREGA shall improve productivity in agriculture by creating infrastructure helpful for agriculture," says the ministry in a note sent to all states seeking their suggestions on the matter.
-- Written by Aadil Mir --