Upset over many ministers in the habit of dashing off notes late for the Cabinet to take decisions, the prime minister has asked the Cabinet Secretary to throw out all such notes to bring some sort of discipline.
"I have strict instructions from the Prime Minister not to accept any notes after the scheduled time on the day prescribed," writes Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar in a letter sent to all secretaries on October 13, urging them not to put him "in the embarrassing situation of not being in a position to accept any note received later."
A copy of the Cabinet Secretary's letter is in possession of
rediff.com.All notes meant for consideration by the Union Cabinet or any Cabinet Committee must reach the Cabinet Secretariat seven clear days before the meeting, says a new regime conveyed to all ministries through a letter of Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar.
Asking ministers to strictly adhere to the new time-frame for Cabinet notes, the letter says: "You will appreciate that the objective of this revision in schedule is to provide clear seven days for PMO to process the
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