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Two days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with top state ministers to decide on the roadmap after the federal shutdown ends on May 3, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba called a meeting of all chief secretaries and chief police officers of the states along with selected union secretaries. Saturday.
The meeting, scheduled for Saturday morning, will focus on concessions granted by the Union Interior Ministry to states during the shutdown period, but will not be a simple inventory exercise, said an official, who will be present. during the discussion. on Friday.
The cabinet secretary is expected to point out some gaps and different interpretations of the central advisory that has led to confusion at the local levels and also receive comments from the top bureaucracy on possible measures they would expect to take effect when the shutdown ends. May 3.
The presence of directors general of the state police forces becomes important, as there will be a detailed discussion on the problems of law and order that the different states face when implementing the concessions during the closure.
Selected Union secretaries are expected to make presentations and can also provide clear instructions to states for effective implementation of the relaxations that aim to provide employment and stimulate the economy.
But the meeting will also lay the groundwork for the Prime Minister’s meeting on Monday, as the government has now turned its attention to planning for the coming days and weeks. The official added that the discussions and the outcome of the cabinet secretary’s meeting will be shared with the Prime Minister’s Office.
After India completed 21 days of closure, the Narendra Modi government had announced a gradual restart of the economy with a strong focus on the agriculture sector and the ease of services, including e-commerce, for urban India. Most of the measures began from April 20, even when the critical points of Covi-19, identified by the states or local authorities, continued to face severe containment measures to contain the pandemic.
