Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has written to Union Ministers directing them to take the recommendations of the conference of governors seriously. He has also attached a summary of actionable suggestions.

The PM wants the Ministry of Finance and the Planning Commission to report to him on the governor of Bihar insisting on a nuclear power plant of 10,000 MW capacity be set up in Bihar and a proposal to give a special status to Bihar be considered.

The Rajasthan governor has asked for a refinery for his state, which the PM has asked the Ministry of Petroleum to act on quickly. A union minister commented that with the country set to go to the polls in the next six months, a governor's suggestions can be ignored.