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The meeting was held in the backdrop of protests over incidents of atrocities against women in West Bengal, Maharashtra and some other parts of the country. (Photo/PTI File)
Measures for four castes – women, poor, youth and farmers – were highlighted during the meeting, which was also attended by secretaries of various government departments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a plenary meeting of the Council of Ministers, which focused on issues affecting women and timely implementation of various policy measures, sources said.
The five-hour meeting held at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan also took stock of the achievements of the agenda of the first 100 days of the third term of the BJP-led NDA government. progress.
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Measures for four castes – women, poor, youth and farmers – were highlighted during the meeting, which was also attended by secretaries of various government departments.
A focus of the meeting will be to promote new plans and policy decisions made since the government took office in June, including new infrastructure projects.
Government measures for the social sector also figured prominently at the meeting.
The heads of each department also introduced the progress of their respective departments’ 100-day agenda.
The NDA government continues to focus on infrastructure development and has sanctioned projects worth over Rs 2.3 lakh crore for building new railway lines, ports, airports and industrial smart cities to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of protests over incidents of atrocities against women in West Bengal, Maharashtra and some other parts of the country.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from associated news agency – PTI)
