Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems confident of its victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
The saffron party is confident that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister of the country for the third consecutive time. Government officials also seem quite confident about this.
Top officials of the country are busy making action plans for the new government.
If PM Modi takes charge for the third time, there is a possibility that the number of ministries may be reduced. At present there are a total of 54 ministries.
Apart from this, there is also a possibility of increasing the number of Indian missions abroad by 20 percent in the next six years.
The focus will be on greater private investment in infrastructure as well as developing mechanisms to ease land acquisition for priority projects.
A draft paper to be discussed during meetings called by the Cabinet Secretary this month aims to double the share of senior citizens with pension benefits from 22% to 50% by 2030.
At the same time, women’s participation will be increased from 37% to 50%. Let us tell you that this average in the world is about 47 percent.
The new government will emphasize on the sale of e-vehicles. A target has been set to increase its share from 7% to more than 30%.
Sources said a target has also been set to reduce the number of cases pending in courts from 5 crore at present to less than 1 crore by 2030. For this, there is a plan to reduce the vacancies in the judiciary from 22% to 10% in the next six years.
Presently, there is a consideration to increase the defense expenditure in the country from 2.4% to 3% of the GDP. There is also discussion on increasing the share of defense budget for research from 2% to 3%.
During this period, it is envisaged to halve India’s share in arms imports across the world.
This shows that the government intends to double its efforts to promote local production of defense equipment.
Although many of these issues have been discussed before, the discussion with the PM before the election announcement has brought them back on track.
During an earlier meeting, officials had called for merging transport sector ministries. In the discussion at the Cabinet Secretary level, it has been told that in China the government is run with 26 ministries, in Brazil 23 and in America only 15 ministries.
Let us also tell you that bureaucrats are working on this plan, but the final decision will be political as the number of ministries has increased to accommodate MPs and coalition partners.