Cabinet to take up scrapping of EGoMs and GoMs tomorrowDismantling the legacy of UPA rule, Modi had on May 31 abolished all the 30 Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and Group of Ministers (Go...
End of GoMs means autocratic rule: CongressThe party maintained that the utilization of the collective wisdom of the council of ministers has been part of the ethos of the country's ...
Decision on GoMs 'symptomatic of autocratic regime': CongressCong spokesman Randip Surjewala reminded that NDA govt led by Vajpayee had initiated setting up such groups to use "wider collective wisdom...
Abolishing GoMs step towards good governance: FICCIFICCI president Sidharth Birla said the new government's move to scrap all 30 GoMs and EGoMs set up by previous regime is a step towards "g...
GoMs, EGoMs formed due to complexities of issues: CongressCongress leader Manish Tewari, however, stopped short of criticising the decision and said it is the prerogative of the government.
21 GoMs, 8 EGoMs yet to submit recommendations: V NarayanasamyA total of 78 GoM and 16 EGoMs were constituted by the UPA government to take decisions on a range of issues after it returned to power in ...
CBI to register more FIRs in its coal scam probeCBI is likely to register more cases to investigate the alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks to certain private companies, m...
CBI likely to close preliminary enquiry in ADAG Sasan projectCBI is likely to close its preliminary enquiry to probe coal block allocation to a power project in Sasan in Madhya Pradesh run by Anil Amb...
Chidambaram heading 7 Group of Ministers, 2 Empowered Group of MinistersP Chidambaram has taken a major share of the pie of the Empowered Group of Ministers and Group of Ministers after the exit of Pranab Mukher...
P Chidambaram, A K Antony & Sharad Pawar get wider EGoM roles after Pranab Mukherjee's exitWith Pranab Mukherjee moving to the President's office, the government has decided to divide the ministerial panels that he headed so far a...
- Manmohan Singh resurrects cabinet as final decision-making body; bureaucrats to play a bigger role
Singh has constituted 5 committees in the last twenty days to take forward the reform agenda, a clear departure from the past practice of r...
P Chidambaram to take hot seat at telecom EGoM; tasked with job despite being under Opposition attackThe government has entrusted the leadership of a crucial ministerial panel set up to resolve problems afflicting the telecom sector.
- P Chidambaram & Sharad Pawar likely to succeed Pranab Mukherjee as heads of most EGoMs
At present, all the 12 EGoMs, or the Empowered Group of Ministers, constituted by the government are chaired by Pranab Mukherjee.
- Pranab Mukherjee presides over last EGoM on food
Mukherjee, who heads two dozen odd GoMs and EGoMs, spoke about the record foodgrains production and procurement achieved this year, accordi...
Government to need successor to head Pranab Mukherjee's GoMsGovernment will have to look for successors to chair the two dozen odd GoMs and EGoMs headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Cabinet secretariat enters disinvestment scene, to speed up EGoM meets
The Cabinet Secretariat has asked the disinvestment department to ensure that meetings of the empowered group of ministers (EgoM) take plac...
- Ensure labour laws in special economic zones: Citu to PM
Citu on Monday sought prime minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to ensure that labour laws are not bypassed in SEZs.