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PMO asks ministries to take up direct cash transfer on war footing
Fp Archives •Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked ministries to take up implementation of direct cash transfer scheme on a "war footing" before the launch of the programme on January 1.
Finally! India to appoint CIOs to drive ambitious 'Digital India' initiative
Fp Archives •The new posts of 'Chief Information Officers' (CIO) would be created in at least 10 key ministries to supervise the implementation.
Modi's Cabinet Secy latest order to ministries: Keep your offices clean
Fp Archives •The top bureaucrat of the Modi government has asked all the departments to increasingly emphasise on "cleanliness of work areas and improvement in the over-all ambience of office buildings.
Govt revamp to continue with Modi renaming these 4 ministries
Fp Staff •The Modi government is reportedly going to rename the ministries in keeping with their new responsibilities.
Venkaiah Naidu pulls up latecomers in surprise visit to ministry
Fp Archives •In his second such visit since last month, Naidu found many latecomers. Taking a serious view of "absenteeism", the minister announced the setting up of bio-metric attendance system.
PMO-driven Modi sarkar may be stymied by the Supreme Court
Mk Venu •The fact is the BJP, as opposition, had aided the gradual shifting of policy responsibility from the domain of a weak UPA government to various other regulators and the judiciary. Now the BJP will be at the receiving end of the same mess.
Tyrant or team-player? BJP numbers will define Modi as PM
Aakar •If the BJP wins only 180-odd seats, Modi faces a challenge like never before. The man who has only ever worked with a two-thirds majority will have to reinvent himself as a person and leader.
AAP lessons: Ministries may have to conduct referendums
Fp Archives •The proposal requires all central ministries to elicit public views on legislations they want to frame, an official said.