After 2024 report card, ministers get ready for work on New Year's Day

Although the talk about the New Year agenda within the government was subdued on December 31, the day started with promise of work in 2025

This time, the New Year’s Eve in the government corridors was quieter than usual. Public events, which are typically organised to showcase achievements of the government on the last day of the year, were absent because of the seven-day national mourning for former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Instead, the action had shifted online with a rush of social media messages from the government, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  Ranging from manufacturing strides in India to wins in the Olympics arena, the multiple report cards of the government looked back at 2024 as a year of achievements. However, for some