Wednesday 11 June 2014

PM Modi Scraps 4 Cabinet Panels including One on UIDAI

[Earlier, Modi had abolished all the 30 Groups of Ministers (GOMs) and Empowered Groups of Ministers (EGoMs) and told ministries and departments to take decisions on pending matters.]

Sending out yet another loud and clear signal of his intent for "more governance, less government", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday scrapped four Standing Committees of Cabinet. The Committees were on Management of Natural Calamities, Prices, World Trade Organisation Matters and UIDAI Aadhaar.

Aadhaar was one of the pet projects of the Congress-led UPA government to check corruption and bring transparency in governance. Earlier, Modi had abolished all the 30 Groups of Ministers (GOMs) and Empowered Groups of Ministers (EGoMs) and told ministries and departments to take decisions on pending matters.

The Congress had attacked Modi over his decision saying it was "symptomatic of autocratic regime" and noted that "no single person can be repository of all wisdom".

Here is the full text of the release by Press Information Bureau, Government of India PM discontinues four Standing Committees of Cabinet The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has decided to discontinue the following four Standing Committees of the Cabinet:

1. Cabinet Committee on Management of Natural Calamities: The functions of this Committee will be handled by the Committee under the Cabinet Secretary whenever natural calamities occur.

2. Cabinet Committee on Prices: The functions of this Committee will be handled by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

3. Cabinet Committee on World Trade Organisation Matters: The functions of this Committee will be handled by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and, whenever necessary, by the full Cabinet.

4. Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues: Major decisions in this area have already been taken and the remaining issues will be brought to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

The Prime Minister will be re-constituting the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Security.

Source: MoneyControl.com

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