77 Modi govt ministers split into 8 groups to suggest governance reforms

The division the ministers into 8 groups was done following 'Chintan Shivirs' of the entire council that were chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with each meeting lasting for nearly five hours.

In a major push for a hands-on approach to governance, the Modi government is planning to rope in young professionals, seek suggestions from retiring officials and make the best use of technology for project monitoring, besides various other steps to be overseen by eight different groups comprising of members from the entire Council of Ministers, sources said.

The 77 ministers have been divided into eight groups to develop technology-based resources, create a pool of professionals for recruiting in their teams and other similar initiatives to be adopted in the offices of all ministers' offices to bring more transparency and further improve