Prime Minister seeks timeline from bureaucrats

NEW DELHI: Soon after going through presentations by different departments, the NarendraModi government wants secretaries to set the timeline for each and every task that they have listed in their slideshows.

Sources said that Cabinet secretary Ajit Seth called a meeting of infrastructure secretaries at a short notice on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue. Four infrastructure ministries - shipping, road transport, railways and civil aviation - had made their power point presentations to the Prime Minister on Saturday.

Government officials said soon each department will prepare the detailed action plan with deadlines considering the fact that there will be strict monitoring of everything. Secretaries are likely to take inputs of all wings and key officials before coming out with a timeline.

This strategy is being seen as a move to hold secretaries accountable to deliver what they have committed to the PM.