Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has wasted no time in
establishing ground rules and work processes for his government, has
reportedly told his ministers that there will be no renaming of projects
begun by the previous regime as he bans "old-style functioning."
Sources
said he is also yet to decide whether he will at all address the nation
in a live telecast, as there is a view that it's an old form of
interaction with the people of the country.
Sources said Mr
Modi, who tweets his thoughts every day and is an avowed fan of social
media, could well choose to use the Parliament session beginning next
week to share his top priorities.
Mr Modi, said sources, handed a
set of mantras to his ministers at his second cabinet meeting
yesterday, apart from spelling out a 10-point priority agenda and asking
each minister to prepare a list of issues that they will take up in the
first 100 days in office, with a focus on efficiency, delivery systems
and implementation.
The Prime Minister has reportedly told his
ministers to focus on work content and delivery, emphasising that
quality of governance is more important than spending time renaming
running schemes.
New regimes in both states and at the Centre
have notoriously renamed or in cases like Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
even scrapped schemes begun by previous governments run by rival
parties.
Mr Modi, who was sworn in on Monday evening, has kept
his officials and ministers on their toes all week. Bureaucrats have
been tasked to make presentations to him on the general health of their
ministries and brief him on what they think needs to be done.
Mr
Modi has prioritized an economic turnaround with a focus on policy
implementation, strengthening the bureaucracy and speeding
infrastructure projects. He has also prioritized education, energy and
water, sources said.
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