Overview

• In an October 9 letter, Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan instructed all Secretaries to initiate roughly 28 actions flowing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s October 6 review.
• Ministries are to foster an ecosystem for public digital and social platforms developed in India, including nurturing and skilling youth to build domestic infrastructure.
• Departments have been told to identify items now imported and to actively “handhold” domestic manufacturers to enable efficient local production in pursuit of Atmanirbharta.
• Government communication is to be tightened through real-time responses to emerging issues, weekly strategy reviews, and greater use of Indian Information Service officers.
• Administrative reforms outlined include exploring caps on court filings, analyzing judgments to curb litigation, engaging top final-year law students, and using AI to draft plain-language laws.