New Delhi: The government on Sunday set up 11 empowered groups to draw up and execute a comprehensive plan to tackle the adverse impact of the coronavirus crisis.
P.K. Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewed a meeting of the groups on Sunday. The panels have been set up under the Disaster Management Act and have been authorized to come up with the plan as well as take steps for their time-bound implementation, a government official said on condition of anonymity.
Out of the 11 panels, nine are headed by secretary-level officers, one by member NITI Aayog and one by chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, said the official. “The Department of Expenditure has issued special instructions to enable expeditious