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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicPrime Minister's Office

Topic: Prime Minister's Office

Modi govt’s ‘generosity’ towards Azad, bungalows for Yadav family and new roles for Gauba, Kant

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

LK Jha to PN Haksar & PK Mishra, how PMO became India’s power hub

It’s ironic that the PMO, often accused of giving India a de facto presidential form of governance, was created by one of the most consultative prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri.

From social media pundit to ‘man behind plastic ban’, meet Modi’s A-team in PMO

Many of the high-profile civil servants from Modi’s first term have moved out, but the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is still a power centre. A look at the who’s who.

Rs 35,250 cash, no immovable property, investments — PM Modi owns assets worth Rs 2.24 crore

Details of Modi's declared assets — uploaded on PMO website — show their value went up to Rs 2,23,82,504 in 2021-2022, from Rs 1,97,68,885 in 2020-2021.

Coming to Central Vista: New PMO in Dholpur sandstone inside Rs 1,200-cr Executive Enclave

The Central Public Works Department will soon issue bids for the construction of the enclave, which will also house Cabinet Secretariat & National Security Council Secretariat.

Under PMO’s PK Mishra, his home cadre Gujarat and home state Odisha dominate Modi govt

P.K. Mishra, principal secy to PM Modi since Nripendra Misra resigned in August 2019, has overseen a host of changes in PMO. Many top govt appointments bear his imprint.

PK Sinha, Principal Advisor to PM Modi, resigns citing ‘personal reasons’

Sinha is the only IAS officer to get 3 extensions as cabinet secretary, and was appointed principal advisor in the PMO in September 2019.

In fresh push for common voter list, PMO in huddle with govt officials to ‘iron out’ problems

The idea of common electoral rolls was part of the BJP manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It was first mooted by the PMO this August.

How Modi helped pressure US to sanction Pakistan during Kargil — new book on Vajpayee reveals

In new book ‘Vajpayee: The Years That Changed India’, the late former PM’s private secretary of many years, Shakti Sinha, details the highs & lows of his tenure in office.

6 years on, PM Modi’s core team is in the grip of IAS, IPS, IRS officers from Gujarat

From the PMO to investigative agencies and key regulators, civil servants from the Gujarat cadre — or those with a connection to the state — wield much power in Modi govt.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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.