Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is introducing a new vision of governance to ensure each and every ministry and department of the Union government performs and delivers the pre-defined results.
The cornerstone of this new initiative is introduction of the Results Framework Documents by each ministry and department that can be used as the benchmark for judging the performance on a time scale.
They have been asked to submit these documents latest by the month-end to enable the Cabinet Secretariat keep track of performance based on the specifics listed in them.
In a letter sent out to all the 85 Secretaries of the Centre on Monday, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar has sought their cooperation for the success of the Prime Minister's initiative.
The letter says the Performance and Monitoring and Evaluation System approved by the Prime