Ø Ten days after ‘abolition’ of all Group of
Ministers (GoMs) and Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) ‘for greater
accountability and empowerment,’ the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
discontinuation of four Standing Committees of the Cabinet. A statement by the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the functions of Cabinet Committee on
Management of Natural Calamities which stands discontinued will be handled
by the Committee under the Cabinet Secretary whenever natural calamities
occur. Functions of Cabinet Committee on Prices will be handled by
the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs; of the Cabinet Committee on World
Trade Organisation Matters by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
and, whenever necessary, by the full Cabinet and on the Cabinet Committee on
Unique Identification Authority of India related issues it said that major
decisions in this area have already been taken and the remaining issues will be
brought to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. The Prime Minister will
be re-constituting the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, the Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs,
the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on
Security.
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| P K Mishra |
Ø Former Agriculture Secretary P.K. Mishra has been appointed Additional Principal
Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ø Taliban gunmen attacked a security post outside
Pakistan’s Karachi airport, a day after an all-night siege by the militants left
37 dead and shredded a tentative peace process.
Ø Worried over the spurt in bad loans, bankers,
asked the Finance Minister to consider setting up a National Asset Management Company to deal with the problem and address capital
issues of state-owned lenders. Gross non-performing assets of public
sector banks rose to Rs.2.03 lakh crore at the end of September, 2013, from
Rs.1.55 lakh crore on March 31, 2013.
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