PM for more efficient governance

http://www.topnews.in/files/Manmohan-Singh_6.jpgPrime Minister Manmohan Singh, himself an economist of international repute, is doing his best to make the governance efficient and responsible to achieve the government's 100-day checklist.

The Prime Minister, in a bid to meet 100 days target, held an interactive meeting with his officers in PMO and sought their views to achieve government's agenda. Minister of State in PMO, Prithviraj Chavan and top bureaucrats, including principal secretary T K Nair and national security advisor M K Narayanan, were also present in the meeting.

Mr. Singh asked for the need to make government's procedures and processes more efficient by reducing red tape in UPA's new term in office. He asked for speedy reforms in health and education sectors, extending all possible help to deprived sections of society.

PM has already cleared his intentions for higher education and health sector by not including PMK's Anbumani Ramadoss and Congress's in-house bugbear Arjun Singh in the cabinet. The PMO is expected to design an internal monitoring and evaluation system to deliver the promises made in President's address to Parliament.

The press release said, "The prime minister reiterated the need to think creatively on the agenda put forward by the government and stressed on the need to be guided by the watchwords of equity, innovation and public accountability in the work of the office."

Dr. Singh asked bureaucrats to think creativity, adopting innovative and realistic methods of governance to realize growth potential of country in the tough hours of global financial crisis.