Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Outlines Policy Agenda for Union Ministries

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has approved a list of "policy thrust areas" for all major ministries and departments of the Union Government. This list has been drawn up in consultation with the ministries and based on the major commitments of the National Common Minimum Programme, the commitments made by the Government through the President's Address to Parliament last year; the Union Budget speech, 2004-05, and the Prime Minister's announcements through his various important speeches.

The implementation of policies under these thrust areas, based on the list approved by the Prime Minister, would be tracked by the Prime Minister's Office on a regular basis. Ministries are being asked to prepare a schedule of sequential steps with time frames for each thrust area, so that progress can be benchmarked against these.

The list contains 45 items and various sub-items under each subject category. The full list of "Policy Thrust Areas" approved by the Prime Minister are available on the Prime Minister's website:

pmindia.gov.in,

pmindia.nic.in

Media may wish to download this list from the website.