Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba asks for appointment of nodal officers across states to fix responsibility for the care of migrant workers and labourers.
Govt identifies 170 districts as hotspots classifying them under Red Zone, 207 districts as non-hotspot or White Zone and 353 unaffected districts as Green Zone.
The urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic has lent ever more importance to the office of the chief secretary, the highest administrative position in states.
The cost has gone up because of additional requirement of infrastructure and an increase in size of various facilities that are part of the Central Vista project.
The IAS officers were responsible for locking down the country block by block, and ensuring contact-tracing, supply of essential goods and checking hoarding.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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