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The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Council of Ministers at Bharat Mandapam during which he will review the government’s performance, schemes, infrastructure projects.
File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Source: PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the entire Council of Ministers at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi at 5 pm on May 21. The meeting is being seen as a key midterm review of the government’s performance.
The meeting will be attended by Union Cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge, and ministers of state.
All the Union ministers have been asked to remain in the national capital today as the government continues to indulge in heightened political and economic discussion, according to India Today.
The government review will focus on the implementation and progress of important government schemes and infrastructure projects, with emphasis on coordination, execution and delivery across ministries, CNBC reported.
The government is also likely to assess the status of ongoing policy initiatives and flagship welfare programmes. The meeting comes days before the third Modi government’s second anniversary on June 10.
The Prime Minister generally chairs meetings of the full Council of Ministers to review governance priorities, establish targets for the ministries and sketch the government’s political and administrative roadmap for the coming months.
Will West Asia Conflict Dominate Meeting?
According to India Today, the ongoing conflict in West Asia and its economic impact on India are likely to be a major point of discussion in the meeting.
The government has been monitoring fuel supply disruptions, inflation and increasing oil prices amid the US-Iran war.
A high-powered informal group of ministers, headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has already been constituted by the government to monitor the crisis and suggest measures to protect India from disruptions.
Union ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Hardeep Singh Puri are also part of the council. Recently, Rajnath Singh said that the government has been maintaining “round-the-clock monitoring” of the situation.
“Whether it is crude oil, energy, or LPG even today, we have enough stocks. There is no particular problem,” he added.
A Cabinet Reshuffle?
The meeting also comes at a time when there has been growing speculation over chances of a Cabinet expansion and reshuffle in the Modi 3.0 government, India Today reported.
According to India Today, discussions over a possible Cabinet reshuffle and expansion have been gaining momentum, with changes in the Union Council of Ministers likely during the second week of June.
According to the report, the government leadership has also been assessing the performance of ministries and reviewing organisational functioning ahead of any potential exercise.
With inputs from PTI
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