Level up: PMO to babus on cabinet notes

ONUS ON PULLING TOGETHER IN SAME DIRECTION

- SUMIT KUMAR SINGH @ New Delhi

IN a sharp message to the bureaucracy, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has ordered all ministries to stop working in silos, drop blame games and prepare only "high quality" cabinet notes that match Indian policies and projects with global standards.

The strongly worded directive, issued last week, asks secretaries to shed "routine bureaucratic mindset" and focus on "value addition" while drafting or commenting on cabinet notes - proposals which ministers submit before the government for approval on major policy decisions.

The PMO made it clear that these instructions reflect Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal views and must be strictly followed by all.