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Prime minister or a chief minister does not have disciplinary control over the members of the council of ministers and it is not possible at all times for them to take the whip whenever a disparaging statement is made, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The observation by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer came while delivering its judgement on the issue of freedom of speech and expression of public functionaries. The Prime Minister or the Chief Minister does not have disciplinary control over the members of the Council of Ministers. It is true that in practice, a strong Prime Minister or Chief Minister will be able to drop any minister out of the Cabinet. But in a country like ours where there is a multiparty system and where coalition governments are often formed, it is not possible at all times for a Prime Minister/Chief Minister to take the whip, whenever a statement is made by someone in the Council of Ministers, Justice V Ramasubramanian, who wrote th

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told all ministers and secretaries not to ignore background notes or other communication shared by National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and National Security Advisor (NSA), and to take them seriously, sources said on Sunday. Stressing that while framing any policy, there is a need to look at it from India's strategic point of view, Modi said there were instances when notes from the national security council were not given due importance. During a five-hour long meeting of the council of ministers held on Friday that was also attended by all secretaries in the Union government, Modi cited the case of the dependence on imported Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) used for manufacturing drugs, which was highlighted by the NSCS several years back, the sources said. Thereafter, on the instruction of Prime Minister Modi, Deputy NSA Vikram Misri gave a presentation on NSCS to apprise ministers about the secretariat, they said. In the ...

"Times are changing and so is the politics. Therefore with the changing times the policy-making of any government needs to be people-centric," the sources quoted PM Modi as saying to his colleagues

CM Mamata Banerjee earlier also announced that a cabinet reshuffle is on cards, and around four to five new faces will be inducted to the council of ministers

PM Modi specifically told the ministers that the budget allocated to their respective ministries should be fully utilized, while ensuring the last-mile delivery of government scheme, the sources said

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday emphasised the need for bridging the infrastructure funding gap and developing innovative financing mechanisms for an inclusive growth in the sector.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers wherein presentations were made on focussed implementation and monitoring of various projects

The Union Cabinet and the Council of Ministers meetings were held back-to-back on Thursday, a day after the major rejig in the Central government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to chair a meeting with the Council of Ministers on Wednesday (July 14), said sources

All newly inducted inductees in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers will meet BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda at party headquarters on Thursday, informed party officials.

Among key changes in the reshuffle, Mansukh Mandaviya has become Union health minister, and Jyotiraditya Scindia civil aviation minister. Here's how the full list of ministers in the Modi Cabinet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday

Stressing on the need to ensure issues at the local level were promptly identified and addressed, Modi said, 'all arms of the government are working unitedly and rapidly to deal with the situation'

This would be the first such meeting to be held after the second wave of the pandemic hit India

Whether reservation for women in Parliament is the right tool for empowerment is a debatable issu

For improving the "gati" and "disha" (speed and focus) of governance, Modi said there should be better coordination between Cabinet ministers and ministers of state

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