Do not ignore any communication shared by NSCS and NSA: PM Modi to ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told all ministers and secretaries t to igre background tes or or communication shared by National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and National Security visor (NSA), and to take m seriously, sources said on Sunday.

Stressing that while framing any policy, re is a need to look at it from India's strategic point of view, Modi said re were instances when tes from national security council were t given due importance.

During a five-hour long meeting of council of ministers held on Friday that was also attended by all secretaries in Union government, Modi cited case of dependence on imported Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) used for manufacturing drugs, which was highlighted by NSCS several years back, sources said.

reafter, on instruction of Prime Minister Modi, Deputy NSA Vikram Misri gave a presentation on NSCS to apprise ministers about secretariat, y said.

In presentation, Misri shared details about changes taking place across world, especially in Europe, Russia and US, and ir impact on India, sources ded.

According to sources, Misri's presentation was t originally scheduled and was ded on intervention of prime minister, sources said.

Before Misri, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan and Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam also gave ir presentations.

During meeting, Modi also underlined that policy-making process is dynamic and it needs to be modified with changing times.

Citing an example from his tenure as Gujarat chief minister, prime minister said re were some rules related to a ministry that was named after some or state and this was changed only after he pointed it out to officials, sources said.

He told meeting that re is a tendency of being complacent in framing and implementing policies and this should be avoided.

Policies should be customised with changing times, sources quoted prime minister as saying.