Cabinet Secy asks DIPP to prepare 'brief' for new government

The Cabinet Secretary has asked the DIPP, a wing of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that deals with foreign investment, to prepare a "brief" on current issues for the next government which is expected to assume office in May.
"The Cabinet Secretary has asked the DIPP to prepare a brief write-up on major thrust areas, programmes and challenges to implement them. It will be a kind of status report on development activities so that the new government is informed," sources told PTI.
The report, sources added, will help the new government to take an appropriate view on policy matters.

The note of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) would include issues related to the national manufacturing policy and liberalisation of foreign direct investment in several sectors.
The Cabinet Secretary may also ask other departments dealing with critical issues to prepare briefs for the new government, the sources said.
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