New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi will chair a crucial meeting of the Council of Ministers at 4 pm on Thursday at Seva Teerth in Delhi, with all Union ministers asked to remain in the national capital during the period. The meeting will take place soon after PM Modi returns from his foreign tour and is expected to be attended by all Union Cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge and ministers of state.
The government has been closely monitoring concerns linked to oil prices, fuel supply chains and inflation amid the escalating regional tensions. PM Modi is expected to review the evolving situation after returning from his foreign visit, sources said. The government has already constituted a high-powered informal group of ministers led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to monitor the crisis and suggest measures to shield India from disruptions.
Union ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Hardeep Singh Puri are part of the group. Rajnath Singh recently said the government was maintaining “round-the-clock monitoring” of the situation. Last week, official sources had indicated that discussions around a reshuffle and expansion were intensifying and that changes in the Union Council of Ministers could take place in the second week of June.
