Council of ministers performance review at 4 pm today
June 30, 2016  12:15
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Union Council of Ministers at 4 pm at 7 Race Course Road today to assess the progress made by each minister and ministry and the impact of policy decisions of the Union Cabinet. After this performance review, the Cabinet reshuffle is expected to be announced, but not necessarily today. 

In the meeting this afternoon, ministers are expected to make presentations on work done in the two years since the BJP-led government came to power.

At least 16 major projects were analysed in the past meetings and today the Prime Minister is slated to take up the implementation proposals of the Union Budget of 2016.

The PM has undertaken such exercises in the past six months. In fact, on the last Thursday of each month, secretaries to all the departments are be present at a meeting where each Union Minister shows a powerpoint presentation to the Union Council of Ministers. At times, the PM intervenes and asks questions which is why officials and ministers come fully prepared for the meeting. The benefits of the exercise are expected to trickle down to the common man, a senior Union Minister tells Rediff.com.

Speculation over the possible changes intensified last night as PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah met for more than five hours. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was expected to attend that meeting but was not present, sources say.
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