Counting on you, gave guarantee of development to people: Modi to ministers

NEW DELHI: Chairing the first meeting of the Council of Ministers in his third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the ministers that “counting on them, he has given a guarantee” to people to continue development work in next five years with the same speed, sources said.

The meeting was also attended by all secretaries in the Central govt. Sources said presentations were made by different groups of secretaries on the roadmap for the next five years and for meeting the 2047 target of making India a developed nation. Sources said there was detailed discussion on the budget announcements.

According to sources, outgoing Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba made a presentation on the 73 decisions taken by the govt in its first 85 days after taking charge.

In his nearly 40 minutes address, the PM urged ministers to spread awareness about the govt decisions using social media. “The PM said a lot of work has been done in the last 10 years and the same pace of work will continue in the next five years. He said we will follow the path of 'perform, reform, transform and inform' to serve people,” a source said.