Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday asked chief secretaries of states to ensure that all traders are registered under GST before August 15.
In an interaction through PRAGATI, the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, the prime minister asked officials to expedite the process of registration to stream line businesses.
The meeting began with a review of the situation arising out of flood and other natural calamities in the North-Eastern states. He assured the states of all possible help from the Centre.
Modi also reviewed the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in urban areas. He urged the concerned departments to accelerate the adoption of new construction technologies at the earliest.
He asked the ministry of urban development to monitor and encourage vendors to come aboard the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform.
The Prime Minister also reviewed the progress of vital and long-pending infrastructure projects in the railway, road and petroleum sectors, spread over several states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh.
The projects reviewed included the Chennai Beach-Korukkupet third line and the Chennai Beach-Attippattu fourth line, the Howrah-Amta-Champadanga new Broad Gauge line and four-laning of Varanasi bypass, four-laning of Muzaffarnagar-Haridwar section of NH-58.
Noting that several of the projects have been pending for decades, and in one case, over four decades, the Prime Minister urged all chief secretaries to take all possible steps to avoid delays, and resulting cost escalations. He emphasized on speedy implementation of such infrastructure projects.
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