PM’s interactions with Directors and Deputy Secretaries

Published By : Admin | October 18, 2017 | 14:21 IST
QuotePM Modi meets Directors and Deputy Secretaries, urges them to work with full dedication towards creation of New India by 2022
QuoteSilos are big bottleneck in functioning of the Government, adopt innovative ways to break silos, speed up governance: PM to officers

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, interacted with around 380 Directors and Deputy Secretaries working in various departments and Ministries in the Government of India, in four groups. The interactions happened on various days in the month of October 2017. The last of these interactions was on October 17, 2017. Each interaction lasted around two hours.

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Subjects such as Governance, Corruption, Public Enterprises, Government e-Marketplace, Health, Education, Skill Development, Agriculture, Transportation, National Integration, Water Resources, Swachh Bharat, Culture, Communication, and Tourism came up for discussion during the interactions.

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The Prime Minister exhorted the officers to work with full dedication towards creation of New India by 2022. He said that silos are a big bottleneck in the functioning of the Union Government. He urged the officers to adopt innovative ways to break silos, which will result in the speeding up of various processes of governance. In the same vein, he said officers at the level of Director and Deputy Secretary must create teams, to achieve better results.

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MoS, PMO Dr Jitendra Singh, and senior officers from PMO and Cabinet Secretariat were present during the interactions.

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List of Outcomes: State Visit of Prime Minister to Maldives
July 26, 2025
SI No.Agreement/MoU

1.

Extension of Line of Credit (LoC) of INR 4,850 crores to Maldives

2.

Reduction of annual debt repayment obligations of Maldives on GoI-funded LoCs

3.

Launch of India-Maldives Free Trade Agreement (IMFTA) negotiations

4.

Joint issuance of commemorative stamp on 60th anniversary of establishment of India-Maldives diplomatic relations

SI No.Inauguration / Handing-over

1.

Handing-over of 3,300 social housing units in Hulhumale under India's Buyers' Credit facilities

2.

Inauguration of Roads and Drainage system project in Addu city

3.

Inauguration of 6 High Impact Community Development Projects in Maldives

4.

Handing-over of 72 vehicles and other equipment

5.

Handing-over of two BHISHM Health Cube sets

6.

Inauguration of the Ministry of Defence Building in Male

SI No.Exchange of MoUs / AgreementsRepresentative from Maldivian sideRepresentative from Indian side

1.

Agreement for an LoC of INR 4,850 crores to Maldives

Mr. Moosa Zameer, Minister of Finance and Planning

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

2.

Amendatory Agreement on reducing annual debt repayment obligations of Maldives on GoI-funded LoCs

Mr. Moosa Zameer, Minister of Finance and Planning

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

3.

Terms of Reference of the India-Maldives Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Mr. Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Economic Development and Trade

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

4.

MoU on cooperation in the field of Fisheries & Aquaculture

Mr. Ahmed Shiyam, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

5.

MoU between the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Maldives Meteorological Services (MMS), Ministry of Tourism and Environment

Mr. Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Tourism and Environment

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

6.

MoU on cooperation in the field of sharing successful digital solutions implemented at population scale for Digital Transformation between Ministry of Electronics and IT of India and Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology of Maldives

Mr. Ali Ihusaan, Minister of Homeland Security and Technology

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

7.

MoU on recognition of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) by Maldives

Mr. Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim, Minister of Health

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

8.

Network-to-Network Agreement between India’s NPCI International Payment Limited (NIPL) and Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) on UPI in Maldives

Dr. Abdulla Khaleel, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister